Advisory Committee Chair
John O Burgess
Advisory Committee Members
Jack C Lemon
Daniel Givan
Gregg Janowski
Amjad Javed
Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
2011
Degree Name by School
Master of Science (MS) School of Dentistry
Abstract
Fracture strength of monolithic and bilayered LAVA and e. max lower molar crowns after load cycling was measured and compared. The study included three groups (n = 8) from LAVA zirconia and three groups from e. max lithium disilicate to compare influences of different layers, thicknesses and manufacturing techniques. Prefabricated anatomically designed crowns were cemented to dies made from Z 100 composite resin using Rely X Luting Plus resin modified glass ionomer cement. Cemented crowns were stored at 37° C for 24 hours then cyclic loaded to test fatigue properties. The crowns were loaded to 200,000 cycles at 25N at a rate of 40 cycles / minute to simulate oral function. Subsequently, fracture properties for each group were measured using an Instron Universal Testing machine. Microscopic evaluation of the surface of fatigued samples did not reveal micro-cracks at the end of 50,000 cycles but minor wear facets were observed at the site of con-tact from the steatite ball antagonist. Crowns from LAVA bilayered groups showed step by step fractures while crowns from all other groups fractured as a single event as ob-served by the high speed camera. Zirconia bilayered crowns showed the highest loads to fracture while lithium disilicate monolithic crowns showed the lowest, within the limita-tions of the study. The study also showed that monolithic zirconia crowns of 0.6mm thickness resulted in relatively high magnitude for forces at fracture.
Recommended Citation
Baladhandayutham, Balasudha, "Fracture Strength Of All-Ceramic Restorations After Fatigue Loading" (2011). All ETDs from UAB. 1089.
https://digitalcommons.library.uab.edu/etd-collection/1089