A Review on Metallic Dental Materials and its Fabrication Techniques

Evolutions of metallic dental restorative materials are facilitated due to need in improvement in its quality such as mach in ability and aesthetics. Availability of numerous substitutes and advancement in the manufacturing technology is one of many reasons of evolution, from gold and its alloys to titanium and its alloys. Numerous innovative fabrication techniques were spotted through time from casting to additive manufacturing (AM), AM being the latest. Fatigue analysis is reviewed including finite element analysis to draw a conclusion towards the selection of suitable material and its subsequent fabrication technique.