Optical properties of translucent zirconia: A review of the literature

Abstract

Translucent monolithic zirconia is the newest option of zirconia-based ceramics, which aimed to substitute the opaque classic yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystal (Y-TZPs) in more demanding esthetic cases.

Keywords

• monolithic zirconia
• translucent zirconia
• color
• optical properties
• light scattering
• light transmission