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T A Dantas1,2, S Roedel3, J Mesquita-Guimarães1
1Center for MicroElectroMechanical Systems (CMEMS), University of Minho (UMinho), 4800-058, Guimarães, Portugal.
Abstract:
Different zirconia porous layers were produced on zirconia dense zirconia substrates by slip casting using powder with different mean sizes: 40 μm (Z40), 70 μm (Z70), and 100 μm (Z100). The dynamic and static coefficients of friction against bovine femoral bone, mimicking the implantation process, were conducted using a ball-on-flat reciprocating sliding tribometer under 3 N of normal load. Additionally, the porous layers were assessed with regard to their low temperature degradation (aging). Results revealed that the porous layers were able to keep their integrity during the sliding testes against bone, with no zirconia particles being transferred to the bone. Results did not show significant differences (p > 0.05) in kinetic and static COF values for Z40, Z70, Z100, and GRAD specimens, ranging from 0.53 to 0.77 and 0.65 to 0.90, respectively. The aging tests revealed that all surfaces were prone to low temperature degradation (~49% of monoclinic content after 18 h). In conclusion, the cohesive integrity of the layers and relatively high COF observed reveled that zirconia porous layers may be considered for replacing the current implant surfaces, and are expected to improve their primary stability. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater 107B: 1113-1121, 2019.
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