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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Fracture, roughness and phase transformation in CAD/CAM milling and subsequent surface treatments of lithium metasilicate/disilicate glass-ceramics |
Author: | Alao, A. Stoll, R. Song, X. Abbott, J. Zhang, Y. Abduo, J. Yin, L. |
Citation: | Journal of The Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2017; 74:251-260 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
ISSN: | 1751-6161 1878-0180 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Abdur-Rasheed Alao, Richard Stoll, Xiao-Fei Song, John R. Abbott, Yu Zhang, Jaafar Abduo, Ling Yin |
Abstract: | This paper studied surface fracture, roughness and morphology, phase transformations, and material removal mechanisms of lithium metasilicate/disilicate glass ceramics (LMGC/LDGC) in CAD/CAM-milling and subsequent surface treatments. LMGC (IPS e.max CAD) blocks were milled using a chairside dental CAD/CAM milling unit and then treated in sintering, polishing and glazing processes. X-ray diffraction was performed on all processed surfaces. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was applied to analyse surface fracture and morphology. Surface roughness was quantitatively characterized by the arithmetic average surface roughness Ra and the maximum roughness Rz using desktop SEM-assisted morphology analytical software. The CAD/CAM milling induced extensive brittle cracks and crystal pulverization on LMGC surfaces, which indicate that the dominant removal mechanism was the fracture mode. Polishing and sintering of the milled LMGC lowered the surface roughness (ANOVA, p < 0.05), respectively, while sintering also fully transformed the weak LMGC to the strong LDGC. However, polishing and glazing of LDGC did not significantly improve the roughness (ANOVA, p > 0.05). In comparison of all applied fabrication process routes, it is found that CAD/CAM milling followed by polishing and sintering produced the smoothest surface with Ra = 0.12 ± 0.08µm and Rz = 0.89 ± 0.26µm. Thus, it is proposed as the optimized process route for LMGC/LDGC in dental restorations. This route enables to manufacture LMGC/LDGC restorations with cost effectiveness, time efficiency, and improved surface quality for better occlusal functions and reduced bacterial plaque accumulation. |
Keywords: | CAD/CAM milling; fracture; lithium metasilicate/disilicate glass-ceramics; material removal mechanisms; roughness; surface treatments |
Rights: | © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.06.015 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.06.015 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Mechanical Engineering publications |
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