“Combination mechanisms” are a frequently discussed topic in dentistry and dental technology, which the EADT eV addressed at its 2018 Consensus Conference . Five different expert groups were formed and each assigned a group leader. Each group – dentists, dental technicians, dental technologists, and scientists – worked on a topic from the field of combination technologies:
- Adhesion to alloys
- Composite/hybrid ceramic
- Oxide ceramic
- PAEK
- PMMA
- Silicate ceramics
Together, the group members discussed their topic based on the current scientific literature and, under the leadership of the group leader, reached a consensus. The aim was to find similarities in the scientific literature on the respective topics, which at the same time answer relevant questions from everyday prosthetic work.
Objective
The results of the EADT eV consensus conference “Composite Mechanisms” are intended to provide recommendations for action for practical everyday work - from the pretreatment and conditioning of the surface for veneering to intraoral fixation.
Postprocessing
The results of the literature research collected during the 2018 consensus conference have been or are currently being prepared and updated according to current literature sources. This paper is dedicated to the “composite mechanisms of PAEK materials”. The literature search was carried out using the PubMed.com database. A total of 37 relevant literature references were found during the research and included in the consensus (as of March 2019).