Abstract:
A dental composition for a dental veneer (12) and a method of forming a dental veneer (12) are provided. The dental composition includes a ceramic composition and lanthanum oxide, the lanthanum oxide forming a mixture with the ceramic composition. In use, the mixture is applied to a zirconia coping and sintered before being cooled to room temperature, the sintered mixture is further tempered at a temperature of between about 400 degree Celsius (°C) and about 475 °C for a period of between about 4 hours (h) and about 24 h.