Marginal adaptation of cast partial crowns made of pure titanium and a gold alloy under influence of a manual burnishing technique.
The aim of this study was to determine the marginal adaptation of partial crowns from pure titanium and a gold alloy after two different cementation techniques. Forty freshly extracted human molars were prepared and randomly divided in four groups. Two groups were restored with partial crowns using the gold alloy Degulor M*. In one group, the crowns were fixed on the tooth by using a zinc phosphate cement. In the other group the margins were additionally burnished by using a hand burnisher No. 660. In the other two groups, partial crowns from pure titanium were cemented in the same way. The marginal quality was determined by quantitative margin analysis in the SEM using a replica technique. Partial crowns from a gold alloy showed significantly (P < 0.05) more margin quality A (vertical marginal discrepancy < 50 microm) while partial crowns from pure titanium had significantly (P < 0.05) more margin quality B (vertical marginal discrepancy 50-100 microm) and over-extended margins (quality D). No significant (P < 0.05) difference was found between the conventional cementation technique and the technique with manual burnishing in both material groups.
Stoll
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Department of Operative Dentistry, Dental School of the Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany. stoll@mailer.uni-marburg.de
Makris
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Stachniss
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D002484:Cementation / Q000379:methods; D003442:Crowns; D003775:Dental Polishing / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D006047:Gold Alloys / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008963:Molar; D016628:Replica Techniques; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry; D015036:Zinc Phosphate Cement / Q000737:chemistry
D006047:Gold Alloys; D015036:Zinc Phosphate Cement; D014025:Titanium