An evaluation of wear when enamel is opposed by various ceramic materials and gold.
BACKGROUND
Ceramic restorations have been known to cause wear of opposing enamel.


OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to evaluate enamel wear caused by 3 ceramic substrates in the glazed and polished conditions.


METHODS
Sixty ceramic discs (10 x 2 mm)-20 each of Finesse, All-Ceram, and IPS-Empress-were prepared and glazed. Each group of 20 was divided into 2 groups of 10. The surfaces of one group were ground and polished using a porcelain polishing kit (Dialite). The remaining 10 were left as glazed. Ten specimens of a type III gold alloy were cast into rectangular shapes of 10 x 12 x 2 mm and polished. Seventy human cusps were prepared from sound, caries-free, extracted teeth and abraded against the substrates in a wear machine for a total of 10,000 cycles. The cusp height loss was traced before and after the wear test using a profile projector. Mean surface roughness (R(a)) values for the substrates were also recorded with a profilometer before testing. Differences in R(a) were evaluated using 1- and 2-way ANOVA and the Scheffe post hoc test (alpha = .05).


RESULTS
One-way ANOVA indicated that enamel height loss was significantly different by material (P < .001) and surface condition (glazed and polished or glazed; P < .05). Gold, polished Finesse, and polished All-Ceram were the least abrasive, whereas glazed IPS-Empress was the most abrasive. There was no significant interaction effect between substrate type and surface condition. Significant differences were found when R(a) of the substrate condition was compared with enamel wear (P < .01).


CONCLUSIONS
Gold, polished Finesse, and polished All-Ceram caused the least enamel wear, whereas IPS-Empress caused the most wear. Cast gold was significantly different than glazed IPS-Empress (P < .05), whereas other groups overlapped. There was significant correlation between R(a) and enamel wear (P < .01).
Elmaria
Asmaa
A
Division of Restorative and Prosthodontic Sciences, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, USA. asmmaae@yahoo.com
Goldstein
Gary
G
Vijayaraghavan
Therizhandur
T
Legeros
Raquel Z
RZ
Hittelman
Eugene L
EL
D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000009:adverse effects; D000538:Aluminum Silicates / Q000009:adverse effects; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000293:injuries; D003775:Dental Polishing; D003776:Dental Porcelain / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D006047:Gold Alloys / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008409:Mastication; D008422:Materials Testing; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008963:Molar; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013499:Surface Properties; D014072:Tooth Abrasion / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D019228:Tooth Crown / Q000293:injuries
C105314:AllCeram; D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D006047:Gold Alloys; C075815:IPS-Empress ceramic; D003776:Dental Porcelain; C037884:finesse; D000537:Aluminum Oxide