Quantifying the strength of a resin-coated dental ceramic.
Resin luting all-ceramic restorations increases clinical performance; however, the strengthening mechanisms are not fully understood. The authors have previously proposed the existence of a resin-ceramic hybrid layer, and the hypothesis tested was that ceramic strength enhancement was conferred by the characteristics of the resin-ceramic hybrid layer. Dentin porcelain discs were polished with a P4000-grade abrasive paper, and half were centrally indented at 9.8 N. Further discs were alumina-air-abraded. Groups of 30 specimens were coated with resin cement thicknesses varying from 0 to 250 +/- 20 microm before bi-axial flexure testing. Following investigation of residual stresses by annealing, regression analysis enabled us to calculate the magnitude of 'actual' strengthening for a theoretical 'zero' thickness of resin cement on each surface texture. Accounting for resin bulk strengthening, resin cement coating significantly increased the mean strength that was attributed to a resin-ceramic hybrid layer sensitive to surface texture.
Addison
O
O
Biomaterials Unit, University of Birmingham School of Dentistry, St Chad's Queensway, Birmingham, UK. addisono@adf.bham.ac.uk
Marquis
P M
PM
Fleming
G J P
GJ
D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D003442:Crowns; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D004548:Elasticity; D006244:Hardness; D016014:Linear Models; D008422:Materials Testing; D018583:Pliability; D011897:Random Allocation; D019279:Resin Cements; D013499:Surface Properties
D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D019279:Resin Cements; D003776:Dental Porcelain