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  • Dental Materials Science
  • Ceramic Engineering
  • Optical Properties of Materials

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  • Sintering is a critical process influencing the optical properties of zirconia dental materials.
  • Multilayer zirconia offers aesthetic advantages but requires precise sintering control.
  • Yttria content significantly impacts zirconia's phase transformation and optical characteristics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of varying sintering rates on the color characteristics of multilayer zirconia with different yttria (Y) concentrations (3Y, 4Y, 5Y).
  • To evaluate how sintering speed affects translucency, contrast ratio, opalescence, and color difference in dental zirconia.
  • To correlate optical properties with microstructural and crystalline phase changes induced by sintering.

Main Methods:

  • Prepared 135 multilayer zirconia specimens (3Y, 4Y, 5Y) and sintered them at regular, fast, and speed rates.
  • Quantified optical properties using translucency parameter (TP00), contrast ratio (CR), opalescence parameter (OP), and color difference (ΔE00) via CIEL*a*b* system.
  • Analyzed microstructure (SEM), crystalline phases (XRD), and surface roughness (Ra) to understand property variations.

Main Results:

  • Sintering rate, yttria content, and specimen layer significantly affected all evaluated optical properties (p < 0.05).
  • Higher yttria content (5Y > 4Y > 3Y), incisal layer (I > M > C), and faster sintering (SS > FS > RS) increased translucency and color difference.
  • Conversely, higher yttria, incisal layer, and faster sintering decreased contrast ratio and opalescence, with color differences remaining clinically acceptable (ΔE00 ≤ 1.8).

Conclusions:

  • Increasing yttria content, utilizing the incisal layer, and employing speed sintering significantly influence zirconia's optical properties, enhancing translucency and color alteration.
  • Despite observed changes, the color differences are within acceptable clinical thresholds, indicating speed sintering as a viable method for achieving desirable aesthetic outcomes.
  • Microstructural analysis revealed larger grain sizes with higher yttria content, and XRD confirmed a shift towards cubic phases, correlating with optical property changes.