СOMPARATIVE SPECTROPHOTOMETRY ANALYSIS OF ZIRCONIUM DIOXIDE WITH THE CUBIC AND TETRAGONAL PHASE AFTER ARTIFICIAL...

Aim - to evaluate optical features of the 3, 4 and 5Y-TZP zirconium dioxide with the spectrophotometry analysis under artificial aging procedure. For all experiments, identical standardized specimens of different types of zirconia with a diameter of 10 mm and a height of 1 mm were used. These types included Katana (Kuraray Noritake Dental, Tokyo, Japan) HTML (control) UTML, STML and ZirCAD Prime (Ivoclar Vivadent). Artificial aging (low-temperature degradation) was performed using the following autoclaving regime: 134 degrees Celsius, 2 atmospheres, 5 hours. A Shimadzu UV-3600 spectrophotometer was used to study the spectral characteristics of the provided samples. Since the samples have low bandwidth, it was decided to investigate the reflectance spectra. For this purpose, a Shimadzu SR-1503 integrating sphere was installed on the spectrophotometer. Results: All samples of Prime manufacturer show an increase in the reflected signal intensity in the range of 650-820 nm. This range corresponds to red and orange colors, which means that as a result of autoclaving the beige tint of the materials will become more pronounced. The intensity of scattered light of the sample UTML-glaze and STML-glaze has lower values in the whole visible wavelength range. However, the intensity decrease in this case is not uniform. In the range above 500nm the intensity decrease is more pronounced, which means that as a result of artificial aging the beige tint of the materials will become somewhat less pronounced. Zirconia restorations with a predominantly tetragonal phase with polished and glazed surfaces will not change reflectance during artificial aging.