Dental Cements Flashcards
What are dental cements?
Dental cements are the materials that set intraorally and are commonly used to join a tooth and a prosthesis or restoration of carious tooth.
Six uses of dental cement
- Cementing/luting of prosthesis and orthodontics appliance
- Restoration
- Pulp therapy
- Obtundant
- Liners and bases
- Root canal sealers
Classification of dental Cement based on application
- Type I : lutting agent
Type I : fine grain for cementating and luting
Type II : medium grain for bases , orthodontics purposes - Type II: restorative application
- Type III : liners or base application
3 Uses of zinc phosphate cement
- Permanent cement for indirect restoration including inlays, onlays, crowns and bridges
- Orthodontics cement
- High-strength base
Composition of powder of zinc phosphate cement.
- Zinc oxide->75%-main constituents
- Magnesium oxide - 13% - aids in sintering
- Barium oxide - 0.2 % -radioopacity
- Other oxides - 1.4% - smoothness of mix and filler
Composition of liquid of zinc phosphate cement
- Phosphoric acid - 38%-59% - reacts with zinc oxide
- Water - 30%-55% - controls rate of reactions
- Aluminium phosphate - 2%-3% - buffer
- Zinc phosphate - upto 10%
Setting reaction of zinc phosphate
When mixed, phosphoric acid dissolved the zinc oxide which then reacted with aluminium phosphate to form zinc aluminophosphate gel on the remaining undissolved zinc oxide particles
Mixing time of zinc phosphate cement
1.5-2 min
Setting time of zinc phosphate cement
2.5- 8 min
Type of reaction zinc phosphate cement
Exothermic reaction
Control of setting time of zinc phosphate
- Manufacturing process
* sintering temp- directly
* particle size - indirectly
* water content-indirectly
* buffering agent- directly - Operator control
* temp-inversely
* p/l ratio-directly
* rate of addition of powder to liq- directly
* mixing time- directly
Compressive stress of zinc phosphate
104 MPa
- 70% strength in 30 min
- more powder greater strength
- water content : both loss or gain reduces the strength
Tensile stress of zinc phosphate
5.5MPa, brittle
modulus of elasticity of zinc phosphate
13GPa, stiff and resistant to elastic deformation
Solubility of zinc phosphate
- 06%-low
- thick mix. : less solubility
- water content : any change increase the solubility
- moisture : increase