Elsheemy, A., Bakry, S., Azer, A., Abdelrazik, T. (2017). THE EFFECT OF TWO AGING METHODS ON THE FLEXURAL STRENGTH AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF YTTRIA STABILISED ZIRCONIA POLYCRYSTALS (IN VITRO STUDY). Alexandria Dental Journal, 42(2), 193-197. doi: 10.21608/adjalexu.2017.57926
Amr A. Elsheemy; Samir I. Bakry; Amir S Azer; Tamer M Abdelrazik. "THE EFFECT OF TWO AGING METHODS ON THE FLEXURAL STRENGTH AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF YTTRIA STABILISED ZIRCONIA POLYCRYSTALS (IN VITRO STUDY)". Alexandria Dental Journal, 42, 2, 2017, 193-197. doi: 10.21608/adjalexu.2017.57926
Elsheemy, A., Bakry, S., Azer, A., Abdelrazik, T. (2017). 'THE EFFECT OF TWO AGING METHODS ON THE FLEXURAL STRENGTH AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF YTTRIA STABILISED ZIRCONIA POLYCRYSTALS (IN VITRO STUDY)', Alexandria Dental Journal, 42(2), pp. 193-197. doi: 10.21608/adjalexu.2017.57926
Elsheemy, A., Bakry, S., Azer, A., Abdelrazik, T. THE EFFECT OF TWO AGING METHODS ON THE FLEXURAL STRENGTH AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF YTTRIA STABILISED ZIRCONIA POLYCRYSTALS (IN VITRO STUDY). Alexandria Dental Journal, 2017; 42(2): 193-197. doi: 10.21608/adjalexu.2017.57926
THE EFFECT OF TWO AGING METHODS ON THE FLEXURAL STRENGTH AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF YTTRIA STABILISED ZIRCONIA POLYCRYSTALS (IN VITRO STUDY)
1Instructor at the Conservative Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
2Professor of Fixed prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
3Lecturer of Fixed prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
4Assistant professor, Polymer research department, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications, Alexandria University, Egypt.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Dental zirconia restorations present long-term clinical survival and stay in service within the oral environment for many years. However, low temperature degradation could affect their mechanical properties and survival. Objectives: To investigate the effect of two aging methods on the flexural strength and crystal structure of yttrium-stabilized zirconia (YTZP). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty bar specimens were prepared from a Yttria stabilized zirconia polycrystals and were divided into 3 groups (control, aged for 720,000 mechanical loads of 50N and 3600 thermal cycles, aged for 1 hour using autoclave). The aging procedures represent 3 years of clinical use. The specimens were loaded until fracture and the crystalline phase polymorphs of the material (tetragonal, t, and monoclinic, m, zirconia) were investigated by x-ray diffraction (XRD). Further investigations were done using scanning electron microscope (SEM). Data was statistically analysed using ANOVA test. RESULTS: Group B and C showed no statistical significance in their flexural strength with means of their break force (793.23±164.03) and (780.97 ± 257.25) respectively but statistically significant and higher than group A with mean (549.7 ± 54.14). The XRD showed nearly no change in the crystal structure between group A and B but an increase in the percent of monoclinic phase in group C. The SEM demonstrated a relatively homogenous size with particle size ranged between 400 to 570 µm for group A, while Group B and C showed an increase in particle size between 768 to 1150 µm respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Both aging methods caused changes in the flexural strength and structure of the zirconia specimens with no significant difference between them.
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