Impact of the sintering parameters on the grain size, crystal phases, translucency, biaxial flexural strength, and fracture load of zirconia materials

Mayinger, Felicitas ; Ender, Andreas; Strickstrock, Monika; Elsayed, Adham; Nassary Zadeh, Parissa; Zimmermann, Marcus und Stawarczyk, Bogna (2024): Impact of the sintering parameters on the grain size, crystal phases, translucency, biaxial flexural strength, and fracture load of zirconia materials. In: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Bd. 155, 106580

Abstract

Objectives: To investigate the influence of the zirconia and sintering parameters on the optical and mechanical properties.

Methods: Three zirconia materials (3/4Y-TZP, 4Y-TZP, 3Y-TZP) were high-speed (HSS), speed (SS) or conventionally (CS) sintered. Disc-shaped specimens nested in 4 vertical layers of the blank were examined for grain size (GS), crystal phases (c/t’/t/m-phase), translucency (T), and biaxial flexural strength. Fracture load (FL) of threeunit fixed dental prostheses was determined initially and after thermomechanical aging. Fracture types were classified, and data statistically analyzed.

Results: 4Y-TZP showed a higher amount of c + t’-phase and lower amount of t-phase, and higher optical and lower mechanical properties than 3Y-TZP. In all materials, T declined from Layer 1 to 4. 3/4Y-TZP showed the highest FL, followed by 3Y-TZP, while 4Y-TZP showed the lowest. In 4Y-TZP, the sintering parameters exercised a direct impact on GS and T, while mechanical properties were largely unaffected. The sintering parameters showed a varying influence on 3Y-TZP. Thermomechanical aging resulted in comparable or higher FL.

Conclusion: 3/4Y-TZP presenting the highest FL underscores the principle of using strength-gradient multi-layer blanks to profit from high optical properties in the incisal area, while ensuring high mechanical properties in the lower areas subject to tensile forces. With all groups exceeding maximum bite forces, the examined three-unit FDPs showed promising long-term mechanical properties.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin ; Medizin > Klinikum der LMU München > Poliklinik für Zahnärztliche Prothetik
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 17516161
• Sprache: Englisch