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Published on: December 20, 2024
Can a soda-lime glass be used to demonstrate how patterns of strength dependence are influenced by pre-cementation
Paul Hooi1, Owen Addison, Garry J P Fleming
1Materials Science Unit, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Lincoln Place, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. paul.hooi@dental.tcd.ie
Objectives:
To determine how the variability in biaxial flexure strength of a soda-lime glass analogue for a PLV and DBC material was influenced by precementation operative variables and following resin-cement coating.
Methods:
The flexural modulus of a transparent soda-lime glass was determined by longitudinally sectioning into rectangular bar-shaped specimens and the flexural moduli of three resin-based materials (Venus Flow, Rely-X Veneer and Clearfil Majesty Posterior) was also determined. Disc shaped soda-lime glass specimens (n=240) were divided into ten groups and were alumina particle air abraded, hydrofluoric (HF) acid-etched and resin-cement coated prior to biaxial flexure strength testing. Sample sets were profilometrically evaluated to determine the surface texture. One-way analyses of variance (ANOVA) and post hoc all paired Tukey tests were performed at a significance level of P<0.05. The mean biaxial flexure strengths were plotted against resin-coating thickness and a regression analysis enabled estimation of the 'actual' magnitude of strengthening.
Results:
The mean three-point flexural modulus of the soda-lime glass was 40.0 (1.0)GPa and the Venus Flow, Rely-X Veneer and Clearfil Majesty Posterior were 3.0 (0.2)GPa, 6.0 (0.2)GPa and 14.8 (1.6)GPa, respectively. At a theoretical 'zero' resin-coating thickness an increase in biaxial flexure strength of 20.1% (63.2MPa), 30.8% (68.8MPa) and 36.3% (71.7MPa), respectively was evident compared with the control (52.6 (5.5)MPa).
Conclusions:
Disc-shaped specimens cut from round stock facilitated rapid fabrication of discs with uniform surface condition and demonstrated strength dependence was influenced by precementation parameters and resin-cementation variables.
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