Durkan, Rukiye; Deste Gökay, Gonca; Şimşek, Hatice; Yilmaz, Burak (2022). Biaxial flexural strength and phase transformation characteristics of dental monolithic zirconia ceramics with different sintering durations: An in vitro study. The journal of prosthetic dentistry, 128(3), pp. 498-504. Elsevier 10.1016/j.prosdent.2021.04.003
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STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Zirconia is a polymorphic metastable material which can react through a phase transformation from tetragonal to monoclinic when exposed to mechanical, physical, or chemical stimuli.
PURPOSE
The purpose of this in vitro study was to investigate the fracture strength and phase structure of different high-translucency zirconia ceramics depending on the changes in sintering duration and thermocycling.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Two monolithic zirconia ceramics, Katana (KAT) and NexxZr (NEX), were used to prepare disk-shaped specimens (n=66). The sintering temperature was 1500 °C, and 3 different sintering durations were tested: 1 hour, 2 hours (recommended by the manufacturer), and 3 hours. Thermocycling was applied to half the specimens. Fracture strength was calculated, and the specimens were analyzed with an X-ray diffractometer (XRD) to determine the level of the phase transformation. The normal distribution of the data was analyzed by using the Shapiro-Wilk test. Two-way ANOVA was used to compare multiple groups (α=.05). The Fisher least significant difference test was applied to identify significant differences in fracture strength. The paired-specimen t test was applied to perform intragroup comparisons.
RESULTS
Sintering duration significantly affected the fracture strength of KAT (P=.007). For nonthermocycled specimens, the fracture strength of NEX was significantly higher than that of KAT (P<.001). Thermocycling had a significant effect on fracture strength depending on sintering duration and zirconia ceramic interaction (P=.046).
CONCLUSIONS
The sintering duration only affected the KAT zirconia, and the fracture strength of KAT decreased when sintered for 3 hours. Thermocycling decreased the fracture strength of both zirconias, except when the sintering duration was 2 hours for NEX. The fracture strength was higher for NEX than for KAT. Tetragonal-monoclinic phase transformation was not found for either zirconia according to the XRD analysis.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Reconstructive Dentistry and Gerodontology 04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Preventive, Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry |
UniBE Contributor: |
Yilmaz, Burak |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1097-6841 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Tina Lauper |
Date Deposited: |
28 Jun 2021 14:52 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:51 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.prosdent.2021.04.003 |
PubMed ID: |
34059297 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/156892 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/156892 |
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