Dental Cements Flashcards
Substance that hardens to a solid state to join two surfaces to bind devices and prostheses to tooth structures or to each other.
Cement
A viscous cement-like material that fills a gap between bonded materials.
Luting agent/Luting cement
The thickness of a continuous cement after setting under pressure. It is an indication of the viscosity of the cement during seating. Lower implies lower viscosity. For luting applications, the maximum allowable is 25 μm; low is preferred, so that excess cement can be expressed more easily.
Film thickness
The thickness of the cement between the tooth structure and a cemented cast crown, inlay, onlay, or veneer. An acceptable range in the literature is from 25 to 120 μm. However, if it is associated with resin cements can exceed 150 μm.
Cement thickness
Luting (cementing) agents in the placement of indirect restorations and orthodontic brackets and bands
Main uses of dental cements
- Bases under direct restorations
- Temporary fillings
- Pulp capping agents
- Root canal fillings
- Restoratives for class V erosion lesions
- Pit and fissure sealants
Additional uses of dental cements
Composition of resin cements
Similar to composite filling materials, but with lower filler loading and viscosity
Curing mechanism of resin cements
Self or chemically cured – come in two components that are mixed to begin the polymerization
Advantages of resin cements
- Strong
- Not very soluble
- Adhesive
Disadvantages of resin cements
- Unacceptably high film thickness
* Marginal excess difficult to remove
Composition of powder-liquid cements
- Powder is a Lewis base
* Liquid is a Lewis acid
Reaction scheme of power-liquid cements
Forms a salt, salt solidifies and becomes a matrix
Two classes of powder of powder-liquid cements
- Zinc oxide based
* Alumino-silicate glass (AS glass) based
Three classes of liquids of powder-liquid cements
- H3PO4 (phosphoric acid) based
- Eugenol and analog based
- Polyacid (polycarboxylic acid) based
Composition of zinc phosphate cement
ZnO + H3PO4
Optimal powder liquid ratio of zinc phosphate cement
2.6:1
Advantages of zinc phosphate cement
- Longest history of success
- High strength
- Acceptable film thickness
Disadvantages of zinc phosphate cement
- Low initial pH
- No adhesion to tooth structure
- No anticariogenic properties
Manipulation of zinc phosphate cement
- When mixed, phosphoric acid dissolves the zinc oxide, which reacts with the aluminum phosphate and forms zinc aluminophosphate gel on the remaining undissolved zinc oxide particles. The set cement contains unreacted zinc oxide particles encased in an amorphous matrix of zinc aluminophosphate.
- The initial reaction between powder and liquid is rapid and exothermic, so powder is added slowly in small increments with adequate spatulation between increments to neutralize part of the acid before the majority of the powder is incorporated. If large increments were added, the total amount of powder that can be incorporated and still achieve a cementing consistency, is much reduced with a consequent increase in solubility and decrease in strength.
Composition of Zinc Oxide Eugenol (ZOE)
- Powder: Zinc Oxide (submicron) & Accelerator (zinc acetate/sulfate)
- Liquid: Eugenol & Accelerator (acetic acid)
Advantages of ZOE
- Obtundent effect on on pulp
* Good sealing ability
Disadvantages of ZOE
- Lowest compressive strengths
* Highest solubility and disintegration