Mechanical properties of lithium metasilicate after short-term thermal treatments

摘要

Objectives: The properties of lithium-silicate dental glass-ceramics are very sensitive to heat treatments which are conducted after CAD/CAM (Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Machining) processing. In particular, temperature variations inside the furnace chamber which may occur between different models of furnaces may result in altered mechanical properties of these materials. In this work, the effect of thermal treatment parameters on the transformation of lithium metasilicate (Li2SiO3) into lithium disilicate (Li2Si2O5) and on the resulting mechanical properties has been investigated.