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Solubility and disintegration of zinc phosphate cement
V Dupuis1, O Laviole, M Potin-Gautier
1Lab. Prothèse Expérimentale, Université de Bordeaux, France.
Biomaterials
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
The mechanism of erosion of a zinc phosphate cement was studied using two experimental procedures: discs of dental cement were immersed in distilled water under unrenewed conditions as defined by ISO standard; or discs were immersed under continuously running distilled water to simulate the oral environment. Both experiments revealed no physical disintegration mechanism, and suggest that erosion is only controlled by dissolution.