Fatigue performance of distinct CAD/CAM dental ceramics

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Abstract

This study investigated the effect of surface roughness (polished vs. CAD/CAM milling roughness simulation) on the fatigue behavior of five dental ceramics for manufacturing CAD/CAM monolithic restorations. Specimens of five dental ceramics (FC- feldspathic; PICN- polymer-infiltrated ceramic-network; ZLS- zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate glass-ceramic; LD-lithium disilicate glass-ceramic; YZ-yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystal), to be tested under fatigue (12 × 12 × 1.2 mm3), were assigned into two groups according to surface treatment: polished ‘p’ (#2500-grit SiC papers) and CAD/CAM milling roughness simulation ‘gr’ (grinding with #60-grit SiC paper). The fatigue test was performed through the stepwise method (40N–660N; step of 20N; 10,000 cycles/step; 20 Hz frequency). Roughness, topographic and fractographic analyses were performed. The fatigue data were analyzed by Kaplan-Meier and Mantel-Cox (Log rank), and Pearson correlation was used to correlate roughness vs. fatigue data. CAD/CAM milling roughness simulation led to significantly (p < 0.05) greater roughness (Ra and Rz), promoting a more irregular topography with scratches and grooves, and led to a lower fatigue performance for all the tested ceramics. Fractographic analysis depicted the origin of failure at the higher stress concentration side, the side subjected to tensile tension during the fatigue test. The CAD/CAM milling roughness simulation significantly decreased the fatigue performance of the evaluated ceramic materials.

Original languageEnglish
Article number103540
Pages (from-to)1-8
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
Volume103
Early online date15 Nov 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2020

Funding

This work is part of the fulfillment for the requirements of the PhD degree (L.F.G.) in the Post-Graduate Program in Oral Sciences, at the Faculty of Dentistry, Federal University of Santa Maria-RS, Brazil. This study was financed partly by the Brazilian Federal Agency for Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel - CAPES (Finance Code 001), and in part by the scholarship financial support at ACTA (Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam) (CAPES/NUFFIC program: NUFFIC Dutch Organization for Internationalization in Education; Project # 056/14; Process # 88881.145663/2017?01). The authors also give thanks to Dr. Catina Prochnow for technical support during specimen manufacturing and fatigue testing.

FundersFunder number
Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam88881.145663/2017–01, 056/14
Brazilian Federal Agency for Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel
Faculty of Dentistry
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

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