Description: "Ceramic compounds are essential in dentistry for a multitude of products and uses. They create durable, lifelike dental restorations, from veneers to crowns, bridges, implants, and dentures, but ceramics are important but unrecognized for their roles in orthodontic brackets, implants bioactive cements for endodontics and pediatric dentistry, bone grafts, and prophylaxis. The modern importance of ceramics in dental equipment's electronics and lasers are described along with CAD-CAM, 3D printing and artificial intelligence in dentistry"-- Provided by publisher.