Efeito do envelhecimento por ciclagem mecânica ou ciclagem em autoclave na resistência à flexão de cerâmicas odontológicas / Mechanical and autoclave cycling effect on flexural strength of dental ceramics

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

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The aims of this study were: to perform a microestrutural analysis of dental ceramics and correlate the results with the flexural strength obtained; to evaluate two aging process (mechanical cycling and autoclave cycling) on the flexural strength of the materials and to evaluate the specimen configuration (bar or disc) on the flexural strength of mechanical cycling aged specimens. The five ceramics tested were: yttria-stabilized zirconia (YZ), polycrystalline alumina (AL), glass-infiltrated alumina/zirconia reinforced (ICZ) and two dental porcelains (VM7 and VM9). Bars (2 x 4 x 16 mm) and discs (12 mm x 2 mm) were produced according to the manufactures instructions. Density was obtained by Arquimedes method and the elastics constants were obtained by ultrasonic pulse-echo method. Optical and Scanning Electron Microscope were used to determine the fraction and size of both pores and particles while the chemical composition was obtained by EDS. Aging effect on flexural strength after mechanical or autoclave cycling was evaluated on bar specimens and compared to a control group, which was not cycled. The specimen configurations (bars or discs) were compared after mechanical cycling for porcelains. Microestrutural differences between material resulted on flexural strength values statistically different, porcelains presented lower values of flexural strength (VM7: 69,4 MPa and VM9: 64,7 MPa), while AL and ICZ presented intermediate flexural strength (462,8 MPa and 408,6 MPa, respectively) and YZ presented the highest flexural strength (869 MPa). Only AL presented a significant lower flexural strength after mechanical cycling (389,2 MPa). Autoclave cycling did not influence the flexural strength of the studied materials. Also, the specimen configuration did not influence the flexural strength values before or after mechanical cycling. It should be noted that disc specimens of VM7 presented significantly higher flexural strength values than VM9 (69,6 MPa and 57,6 MPa, respectively), however for bar specimens no statistical difference was noted between the mean strength of both porcelains (VM7: 61,1 MPa and VM9: 68,8 MPa).

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resistência à flexão cerâmicas odontológicas aging dental ceramics envelhecimento flexural strenght análise microestrutural microstructural analysis

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