Ceramic surface conditioning, resin cement viscosity, and aging relationships affect the load-bearing capacity under fatigue of bonded glass-ceramics

Kiara Serafini Dapieve, Helder Callegaro Velho, Lucas Saldanha da Rosa, Jordana Pavanelo Pivetta, Fernanda Cocco Maidana, Andressa Borin Venturini, Cornelis Johannes Kleverlaan, Gabriel Kalil Rocha Pereira, Luiz Felipe Valandro*

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Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the influence of ceramic surface treatments, resin cement viscosities, and storage regimens on the fatigue performance of bonded glass-ceramics (lithium disilicate, LD; feldspathic, FEL). Ceramic discs (Ø = 10 mm; thickness = 1.5 mm) were allocated into eight groups per ceramic (n = 15), considering three factors: “ceramic surface treatment” in two levels – 5% hydrofluoric acid etching and silane-based coupling agent application (HF), or self-etching ceramic primer (E&P); “resin cement viscosity” in two levels – in high or low viscosity; and “storage regimen” in two levels – baseline, 24 h to 5 days; or aging, 180 days + 25,000 thermal cycles. Adhesive luting was performed onto glass fiber-reinforced epoxy resin discs (Ø = 10 mm; thickness = 2 mm) and the bonded assemblies were subjected to cyclic fatigue tests: initial load = 200 N; step-size = 25 N (FEL) and 50 N (LD); 10,000 cycles/step; 20 Hz. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) inspections were performed. Regarding the LD ceramic, the fatigue behavior was reduced after aging for HF_HIGH and E&P_LOW conditions, while stable performance was observed for HF_LOW and E&P_HIGH. Regarding the FEL results, aging negatively affected HF_HIGH, E&P_HIGH, and E&P_LOW, being that only the HF_LOW condition presented a stable behavior. The failure initiated from defects on the etched surface of the ceramics, where the cross-sectional analysis commonly revealed unfilled areas. Long-term aging might induce a decrease in mechanical behavior. The ‘ceramic microstructure/surface conditioning/resin cement viscosity relationships’ modulate the fatigue performance of lithium disilicate and feldspathic glass-ceramics.

Original languageEnglish
Article number105667
Pages (from-to)1-10
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
Volume139
Early online date7 Jan 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors declare no conflicts of interest. This work is part of the fulfillment of the requirements of the Ph.D. degree (K.S.D.) for the Post-Graduate Program in Oral Sciences at the Faculty of Dentistry, Federal University of Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. In addition, this study was partly financed by the Brazilian Federal Agency for Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) , (Scholarship code 001 ) and by the Foundation to Research Support of the Rio Grande do Sul State (FAPERGS) (code 19/2551-0000675-6 ). We especially thank Ivoclar for the donation of materials. We emphasize that the above-mentioned institutions had no role in the study design, data collection or analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Funding Information:
The authors declare no conflicts of interest. This work is part of the fulfillment of the requirements of the Ph.D. degree (K.S.D.) for the Post-Graduate Program in Oral Sciences at the Faculty of Dentistry, Federal University of Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. In addition, this study was partly financed by the Brazilian Federal Agency for Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), (Scholarship code 001) and by the Foundation to Research Support of the Rio Grande do Sul State (FAPERGS) (code 19/2551-0000675-6). We especially thank Ivoclar for the donation of materials. We emphasize that the above-mentioned institutions had no role in the study design, data collection or analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest. This work is part of the fulfillment of the requirements of the Ph.D. degree (K.S.D.) for the Post-Graduate Program in Oral Sciences at the Faculty of Dentistry, Federal University of Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. In addition, this study was partly financed by the Brazilian Federal Agency for Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) , (Scholarship code 001 ) and by the Foundation to Research Support of the Rio Grande do Sul State (FAPERGS) (code 19/2551-0000675-6 ). We especially thank Ivoclar for the donation of materials. We emphasize that the above-mentioned institutions had no role in the study design, data collection or analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The authors declare no conflicts of interest. This work is part of the fulfillment of the requirements of the Ph.D. degree (K.S.D.) for the Post-Graduate Program in Oral Sciences at the Faculty of Dentistry, Federal University of Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. In addition, this study was partly financed by the Brazilian Federal Agency for Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), (Scholarship code 001) and by the Foundation to Research Support of the Rio Grande do Sul State (FAPERGS) (code 19/2551-0000675-6). We especially thank Ivoclar for the donation of materials. We emphasize that the above-mentioned institutions had no role in the study design, data collection or analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

FundersFunder number
Brazilian Federal Agency for Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel
Rio Grande do Sul State
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul19/2551-0000675-6
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

    Keywords

    • Cementation
    • Dental bonding
    • Feldspathic
    • Lithium disilicate
    • Surface conditioning
    • Survival
    • Thermocycling

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