Abstract
Purpose The Rub&Roll wear machine enables controlled application of force, chemical and mechanical loading. However, the flexible PVC rods used as antagonists in the standard set-up do not mimic the wear behavior against restorative materials. The current project aimed to adjust the set-up of the Rub&Roll wear machine to better enable relevant material testing. Methods The Rub&Roll set-up was changed as follows: PVC-rods were exchanged with 3D-printed photocurable methacrylate resin (Clear v4) rods printed on a single build platform SLA printer (Form2, Formlabs). Resin based composite (RBC) specimens were manufactured in tooth shape: indirect RBCs milled from an intraoral scan of a first molar (M5speed/Zirkonzahn); for direct RBCs a high-precision impression (Panasil binetics/Kettenbach) of the milled specimens was used as a mold, consecutively filled in 2mm increments and light-cured respectively (20s, Bluephase20i, Ivoclar-Vivadent). To ensure flexibility of the system, rubber inserts were positioned at the sides (1mm) and below (3mm) the specimens. Three direct RBCs (GrandioSO/VOCO, Filtek Supreme XTE/3M, Clearfil APX/Kuraray), two indirect RBCs (GrandioBlocs/VOCO, Lava Ultimate/3M) and human molars were challenged in water (Group1), acid (52mMol citric acid, pH=3.7, Group2), water+abrasive medium (millet seed suspension, Group3), acid+abrasive medium (Group4) for 2 days with 0.5mm protrusion, followed by 2 days with 1.0mm protrusion. Solutions were changed daily, pH-values were measured respectively. Non-contact profilometry (ProScan2000/Scantron) was used at baseline and after 2 and 4 days measuring mean height loss. Load was measured in a novel set-up in a universal testing-machine (Lloyd instruments). Qualitative microstructural analysis of the worn surfaces of different materials in different solutions was performed using SEM (5kV, Sigma 300/ZEISS). Statistical analysis was performed using pairwise t-test comparison (p=0.05). Results Human molars showed a significant increase in height-loss in Group 2 (808±127µm/4days; p0.05). In Group 3, human molars exhibited no significant difference in wear loss compared with the RBC groups (p>0.05). After 4 days the direct RBCs showed increased wear compared to their indirect counterparts in that group (p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | e5 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | Dental Materials |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | Supplement 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 21 Nov 2023 |
Event | Academy of Dental Materials, Annual Meeting, 2022 - Athens, Greece Duration: 28 Sept 2022 → 1 Oct 2022 https://www.academydentalmaterials.org/past-meetings/ |