A Versatile Material for Dental Applications:PEEK

The need of good dental materials makes the material scientists to continuously experiment and innovate new materials. There are three basic requirements of a material i.e. they should have good mechanical properties, esthetic properties and should be bio-compatible. Polyether Ether Ketone (PEEK) is very close to satisfy all these properties for which it has been used in numerous clinical situations. This article is a review of properties, utility in conventional situations and additive manufacturing and about the limitations of PEEK, as a dental material.