Effect of airborne-particle abrasion on retentive strength in overtapered fixed prosthodontic restorations.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate retentive strength and film thickness of complete metal crowns cemented to overtapered teeth with 3 different cements after the application of airborne-particle abrasion.


METHODS
Sixty extracted maxillary molar teeth were embedded in autopolymerizing resin. Crowns were prepared with 30-degree overtapered axial walls and a 1-mm shoulder margin using a water-cooled cylindrical airborne-particle abrasion device. Then, 60 complete crowns were made from a nickel-chromium alloy. Teeth and crowns were assigned to 2 groups, 30 to the control group and 30 to the experimental group to undergo airborne-particle abrasion. In the first part of study, 30 teeth from the experimental group were submitted to the silicon-replica technique and their buccolingual cross sections were measured so that cement film thickness could be measured before airborne-particle abrasion. Three measurements using a light microscope were made in 7 regions of each tooth. In the second part of study, complete metal crowns with and without airborne-particle abrasion were distributed into 3 groups with 10 teeth each to be cemented with zinc phosphate, polycarboxylate, or resin-modified glass ionomer. All specimens were subjected to a tensile bond test in an universal testing machine at a crosshead speed of 0.1 mm/min until failure. The results were then evaluated with Student t test at a 5% level of significance.


RESULTS
The film thickness showed no statistically significant differences among groups (P > .05). There was a significant difference between the control and experimental groups, with an increase in all 3 cements after airborne-particle abrasion (P < .05). The highest retentive strength in the control group was found with resin-modified glass ionomer (141.4 +/- 56.7 N), but there was no significant difference between the resin-modified glass ionomer (141.4 +/- 56.7 N) and zinc phosphate (121.4 +/- 24.2 N) (P > .05). Retentive strength of polycarboxylate was the lowest (78.03 +/- 16 N) (P < .05). For the experimental group, the difference among the zinc phosphate (220.5 +/- 83.8 N), polycarboxylate (185.4 +/- 60.8 N), and resin-modified glass ionomer (228.9 +/- 62.4 N) was not statistically significant (P > .05).


CONCLUSIONS
Airborne-particle abrasion had a positive effect on the retention of complete metal crowns when the crowns were cemented with zinc phosphate cement, polycarboxylate cement, or resin-modified glass-ionomer cement.
Gurbuz
Ayhan
A
Department of Prosthodontics, Ankara University, Turkey.
Inan
Ozgur
O
Kaplan
Rukiye
R
Ozturk
A Nilgun
AN
D020906:Air Abrasion, Dental; D002484:Cementation / Q000379:methods*; D002858:Chromium Alloys; D003442:Crowns; D017268:Dental Prosthesis Retention; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; D006801:Humans; D008963:Molar; D011076:Polycarboxylate Cement; D013718:Tensile Strength; D019231:Tooth Preparation, Prosthodontic / Q000379:methods*; D015036:Zinc Phosphate Cement
D002858:Chromium Alloys; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; D011076:Polycarboxylate Cement; D015036:Zinc Phosphate Cement