Giuseppe Isgrò, PhD, BMedSci 

Research area

Ceramic materials used as dental restoration.

Publications

G. Isgro, R. van Noort, G. Cannavina; Development of Dental Laboratory Composite; Quintessence Dent. Tech.; 2001;24;219-226.

Giuseppe Isgrò, BMedSci, Prem Pallav, DDS, PhD, Jef M. van der Zel, PhD, and Albert J. Feilzer DDS PhD; The influence of the veneering porcelain and different surface treatments on the biaxial flexral strength of a heat-pressed ceramic.  J Prosthet Dent 2003;90:465-73

G. Isgrò, CJ. Kleverlaan, H. Wang, AJ. Feilzer. Thermal dimensional behavior of dental ceramics. Biomaterials 25 (2004) 2447-2453.

Abstract

Over the past 20 years, dental manufacturers have developed resin composite products for clinical use. Major development of resin composites have occurred in the areas of polymerization techniques and new filler technology. Gradually these materials have become popular for use in the dental laboratory because of the associated improvement in wear resistance, bond strength of resin to metal, esthetics and composition. In recent years, these newer resin composites have been used in a wide variety of applications. These include resin composite inlays and veneers, metal-free fixed partial dentures and as veneering material for fixed partial dentures because they enable the dental technician to achieve esthetic results similar to those of ceramic systems.
In this article, the background to the introduction of resin composites will be outlined. Then, the composition of resin composites and the major laboratory composites used will be described. The chemical bonding systems that have been introduced to improve performance will be considered as well as recent developments and new applications