Wear behavior of current computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing composites and reinforced high...

To analyze the wear rate of computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) composites, polyetheretherketones and glass ceramics.

Our study groups were prepared from two different resin-based composites (Brillant Crios, Cerasmart), a glass ceramic (IPS Emax CAD) and reinforced polyetheretherketone (BioHPP) material (n = 10). Premolar teeth were used as antagonists. The specimens, which were subjected to two body wear tests (240,000 cycles, 1.2 Hz, 50N) in the chewing simulator, were scanned with a 3D laser scanner both before and after the wear test. Volume loss and wear depth were determined by means of the obtained images software program. The wear pattern was examined by scanning electron microscopy. Kruskal Wallis test served for analyzing.

The least volume loss and wear depth were seen in the polyetheretherketone material (0.06 ± 0.04 mm³ , 0.02 ± 0.01 mm), while the maximum volume loss was seen in the groups containing resin-based composite. (p = 0.05). The volume loss value in glass ceramics is between CAD/CAM composites and polyetheretherketone.

The behavior of polyetheretherketone against enamel was different from glass ceramics and composite materials in terms of the amount of wear.

Polyetheretheketone can be considered as an alternative to other chairside materials in terms of wear resistance.