Mechanical properties of resin-based cements with different dispensing and mixing methods
Taiseer A Sulaiman1, Awab A Abdulmajeed2, Ali Altitinchi3
1Assistant Professor and Director, Biomaterials and Biomimetics Research, Department of Operative Dentistry, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC.
Statement Of Problem:
Resin-based cements are frequently used in clinical practice. To reduce time and technique sensitivity, manufacturers have introduced the same brand of cement with different dispensing methods. The effect of this change on properties of the cement is unknown.
Purpose:
The purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate the mechanical properties of resin-based cements with different dispensing systems.
Material And Methods:
Specimens of resin-based cements (n=14) PANAVIA SA Cement Plus Handmix, PANAVIA SA Cement Plus Automix, RelyX Unicem Handmix, RelyX Unicem 2 Automix, G-CEM Capsule Automix, G-CEM LinkAce Automix, Variolink II Handmix, and Variolink Esthetic Automix were prepared for each mechanical test. They were examined after thermocycling (n=7/subgroup) for 20000 cycles as to fracture toughness (FT) (ISO standard 6872; single-edge V-notched beam method), compressive strength (CS) (ISO 9917-1), and diametral tensile strength (DTS). The specimens were mounted and loaded at a crosshead rate of 1 mm/min (0.5 mm/min for FT) with a universal testing machine until failure occurred. The 2-and 1-way ANOVA followed by the Tukey HSD post hoc test were used to analyze data for statistical significance (α=05).
Results:
Thermocycling had a significant effect in reducing the FT property of all resin-based cements except RelyX Unicem 2 and G-CEM LinkAce (P<.05). Variolink II and G-CEM LinkAce showed better FT properties than their automixed counterparts (P<.05). The overall CS of all automixed resin-based cements was better than that of their hand-mixed counterpart, except for Variolink II. PANAVIA SA Automixed and G-CEM LinkAce had higher DTS than their hand-mixed counterparts (P<.05).
Conclusions:
Changing the dispensing method alters the mechanical properties of resin-based cements. The clinical significance of these results is yet to be determined.
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