Effects of multiple firings on the microstructure of zirconia and veneering ceramics

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Alkurt M., Duymus Z., Gündoğdu M.

DENTAL MATERIALS JOURNAL, vol.35, no.5, pp.776-781, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 35 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.4012/dmj.2015-429
  • Journal Name: DENTAL MATERIALS JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.776-781
  • Keywords: Dental materials, XRD, Vickers hardness test, MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES, DENTAL ZIRCONIA, FRACTURE-TOUGHNESS, FEMORAL HEADS, SURFACE, STRENGTH, EXPOSURE
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The aim of study was to evaluate the effects of multiple firings on the microstructures of zirconia and two ceramics. Vita VM9 (VMZ) and Cerabien ZR (C-Z) ceramics on a zirconia framework and zirconia without veneering ceramic (WO-Z) were evaluated. Firing methods included firing two, five, and ten times (n=10). The effects of multiple firings on the surface hardness of the materials were evaluated using a Vickers hardness (HV) tester. Data were analyzed by two-way ANOVA and Tukey's test (a=0.05). After firing five and ten times, the hardness of VM-Z and C-Z increased significantly (p<0.001). The HVs of the Cerabien ZR and Vita VM9 veneering ceramics were similar (p>0.05). In the XRD analysis, zirconia had similar tetragonal (t)-monoclinic (m) phase transformations of Y-TZP after the different firing times. Clinically, multiple firings did not affect the microstructure of zirconia, but the structures of the two ceramics were affected.