[The expansion characters of a quick-heating gypsum-bonded investment under different heating methods].
OBJECTIVE
To study the effects of different heating timings after mixing the materials and different heating methods on the expansion characters of a quick-heating gypsum-bonded investment.


METHODS
The setting expansion rate of GC Cristoquick II gypsum-bonded investment was measured with a setting expansion tester 30, 60, 120 min after mixing the material respectively. The thermal expansion rates of the material at different setting time (30, 60, 120 min after mixing) and under different heating treatment methods (quick and conventional heating techniques) were also determined using a thermal dilatometer for dental investments, the total linear expansion rate were calculated. The effects of heating time and heating methods on the expansion of the investments were statistically analyzed with SPSS 11.0 software, using ANOVA multiple comparison (alpha=0.05).


RESULTS
Statistical differences were found among the setting and thermal expansion rates of the investment at different heating timings after mixing the material (P<0.01). Setting expansion, thermal expansion and total expansion rates increased with the setting time before heat treatment, while thermal expansion rates under different (quick and conventional) heating methods were not statistically significant (P>0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
The expansion characters of the quick-heating gypsum-bonded investment are influenced by different heating timings after mixing the material. The heat treatment technique of this quick-heating investment recommended needs to be modified to ensure casting precision.
Chen
Ming-Sheng
MS
State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Tong
Xu
X
Meng
Yu-Kun
YK
Yin
Qing
Q
Li
Zhong-Jie
ZJ
D002133:Calcium Sulfate; D003734:Dental Casting Investment; D003735:Dental Casting Technique; D006361:Heating; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007449:Investments
D003734:Dental Casting Investment; D002133:Calcium Sulfate