DENTAL MATERIALS + NATS Flashcards
- What can fibre reinforcement be used in?
To improve fatigue resistance and impact strength of acrylic dentures, post construction, temp bridges, periodontal splinting, eliminating of metal in PFM restorations
- What is the historical significance of fibre reinforcement?
Glass → fine glass fibres, ancient phoenicians and egyptians, 1932 Dale Kleis
- What are the different fibre types?
- Which are the more commonly used and why?
Carbon, Kevlar, Polyethylene, Glass
Polyethylene and glass; used as shade matches for teeth
- What are the properties of Kevlar fibres?
Aromatic polyamide, pleated structure - atoms radially arranged in sheets, weak flexural, compression and low abrasion resistance; yellow, thermal and mechanically stable, chemically resistant
- What are the properties of polyethylene fibres?
Shade match, natural crystalline polymers, drawn at lower temp then mp into filamentous fibres, ductile, low density, translucent
- What are the properties of glass fibres?
* What are the components?
Shade match, melts of mixtures of oxides, cool w/o crystallisation, translucent, high modulus of elasticity
SiO2, Al2O3, CaO, MgO etc.
- What are the orientation options of fibre orientation?
Unidirectional, bidirectional, random
- What physical properties does fibre orientation affect?
Type of matrix, type of fibre, quantity of fibres, length of fibres
- What is the best orientation of fibres?
Perpendicular to point of lod
- Why are fibre reinforced composites relatively short-lived?
Because surrounding resin absorbs water and degrades the bond between fibres and resin matrix over time
- How does moisture in fibre reinforced composites lead to failure?
Water absorbed into material by diffusion and enters voids producing expansion of resin → strain resin fibre interface, decreased flexural properties → failure
- What are luting cement used for? And name the two types
Material used for retention of indirect restoration. It seals the space between restoration and tooth.
Active and passive
- What are precious alloys?
Gold baby
How can fibre reinforced materials be used clinically?
Improve fatigue resistance + impact strength of acrylic dentures, approximate dentine characteristics for post construction, temp bridges, periodontal splinting, elimination of metal in PFM restorations, improved aesthetics, better biological tolerance
- What can be used to accommodate for luting cement thickness?
Die relief
- In a Cochrane database systematic review, what is said to have greater risk of failure?
Cast metal compared to carbon fibre posts, however evidence is unreliable
- What are alloys with noble metal content of at least 25% but less than 75%?
Low gold casting alloys, silver palladium alloys
- What does the selection of luting cement depend on?
Type of restoration being cemented eg; veneer, resin retained bridge, conventional crown bridge
- What are the steps for a cohesive gold restoration (gold fillings)?
Line cavity with oxiphosphate material then small pieces of gold foil are placed in the cavity and it is incrementally filled up, apply pressure with a spring loaded plunger mellot that is cold welded into position
- Why do you line a cavity with oxiphosphate material before doing a gold restoration?
Allows the first piece of gold to be effectively kept in the cavity
- What is active luting material best suited for?
Bonding to tooth and restoration, role in retention and marginal seal
- What is passive luting material best suited for?
Fills gap between tooth and restoration but no bond between the resto and tooth.
- When was the first use of ceramics in dentistry?
1770-1774 by Duchateau and Dubois de Clemant making the first porcelain dentures
- In passive luting cement what provides the retention of prep?
Taper, height of prep, surface roughness and mechanical locking
- What are the ideal properties of luting cement?
Biocompatible - contact with tooth and perio tissue
Retention - active: additional bonding, passive: prep morpho and mechanical interlocking of surface irregularities.
Mechanical properties : high tensile strength, fracture toughness, fatigue strength, wear resistance
Marginal seal : low solubility, this leads to active luting advantageous and reduced hypersensitivity
Low film thickness : allows full seating of restoration with good marginal adaptation
Ease of use : powder:liquid ratio and working/setting time
Pseudoplastic : coat fit surface of restoration without slumping but flows readily under pressure on fitting
Radiopacity
Aesthetics : ceramic restoration
Inhibition of plaque accumulation: easy to polish and elimination of air inhibition layer - resin composite
Antibacterial
Clear up of excess
Shelf life
- What is the high fusing temperature of traditional dental porcelain?
1300-1400C
- What is the low fusing temperature of traditional dental porcelain?
850-1100C
- What happens to glass when it is repeatedly heated?
It gains new crystalline component and becomes leucite
- What is cold welding?
When using pure gold for a resto, pressure is applied using a spring loaded plunger mellot to compress goid foil down the cavity and form metallic bonds at point of contact. Prior to placement the gold needs to be heated to 250 degree celsius.
- Why do you need to heat pure gold foil up to 250 degree celsius?
To drive off any grease
- What is the thickness of pure gold foil used?
1 μm
- What is the manufacturer’s goal of leucite inclusions?
To have slightly higher expansion/contraction than the underlying alloy to put porcelain in slight tangential compression to prevent crack propagation within ceramic
- When building up a ceramic crown why shouldn’t you heat it up too rapidly?
Too rapid = steam, crumbling, explode
- How can you limit crack propagation?
A glaze of low mp can help by tensioning surface
- What are the chemical constituents of ceramics?
Kaolin, feldspar
- What is Kaolin?
Better known as clay, hydrated aluminosilicate
- What is Feldspar?
Mixture of aluminosilicates - potassium aluminosilicates, sodium aluminosilicates
- What happens at room temperature?
Forms colloidal suspension in water, surface tension effects provide coherence + plasticity to porcelain powder permitting manipulation by the tech
- What happens at 450C?
- Al2O3 2SiO2 2H2O → Al2O3 2SiO2 + 2H2O
Unstable metakaolinite
- What happens at 1000C?
Metakaolinite decomposes to form 3Al2O3 2SiO2
- What happens at 1150C?
Feldspar melts and decomposes
- Why is porcelain chosen for a PFM? (idk how to phrase this q ok)
Porcelain has increased coefficient thermal expansion by addition of leucite, reduces stress concentrations that could have led to crack propagation
- What are the desirable properties of PFMs?
Not melt when firing porcelain, rigid to support thin porcelain veneer, bond to porcelain, similar coefficient of thermal expansion to porcelain
- What are the available PFM alloys?
High gold, low gold
- Why isn’t Cu used in high gold PFM alloys?
It risks porcelain greening
- What does Pd in low gold alloys do in PFM alloys?
Increase melting temp, decrease coefficient thermal expansion
- What are the available PFM metals?
Silver palladium, nickel chromium
- What are the advantages of silver palladium?
Higher modulus value + melting range compared to high gold, cost saving
- What are the advantages of nickel chromium?
High modulus + melting temp
- What are the disadvantages of nickel chromium?
Prone to high casting shrinkage w/ voids, poorer bond strength to porcelain than other alloys, poor biocompatibility due to Be + Ni
- What are the alternatives to PFM alloys?
Captek, CAD-CAM
- How does Captek work?
Wax strip adapted to refractory die, fixed, 2nd wax strip adapted to network, fired, gold infiltrates network → metal substructure for porcelain build-up
- How can you overcome shrinkage?
- Pressed ceramic powder expands and crystallises to fill lost wax mould
Casting of special glass into lost wax mould followed by heat treating e.g. DICOR
Pressing solid ingots of filled glass into lost wax mould e.g. empress
Lightly sintered aluminium oxide to form touching necks between touching particles + infiltrate w/ glass e.g. In-ceram
CAM
- What are the purposes of added filler particles?
To improve mechanical properties, improve opalescence, colour, opacity
- What are the properties of polycrystalline ceramics?
Atoms packed in dense arrays, inhibits crack propagation, tougher and stronger than glass ceramics, relatively opaque
- What is the firing temp of zirconia in tetragonal form?
2370-1170C
This thing???? Just learn it - memorise the lines or smth
- What are the properties of ceramics?
Potentially aesthetic, prone to crack propagation, brittle
- Why are ceramics brittle?
Time dependent strength decrease → static fatigue. Alkaline hydrolysis of SiO from solubilisation of Na2O and K2O in feldspathic component
- What are monolithic ceramics used for?
Single-unit anterior prostheses, veneer, inlays, onlays adhesively cemented, ceramic coverage of a metal framework or ceramic substructure
- What are the properties of porcelain?
Hard, relatively resistant to chemical attack, good thermal insulator
- How can you maximise clinical durability of ceramics?
Use max occlusal thickness, use highest elastic modulus substrate possible for core, bond the restoration, develop broad NOT pinpoint occlusal contacts
- What are the challenges of cementation?
Aesthetics, brittle nature of ceramics
- What are the general guidances on cementation of ceramics?
Use of trial paste essential; if resin cementation, silanation just prior to cementation; generally conventional acid base cements must not be used EXCEPT in the case of zirconium oxide based ceramics, use dual cured resin composite
- Which ceramics have high translucency?
Empress esthetic, eMax Press Empress CAD, In-Ceram spinell
- Which ceramics have moderate translucency?
Vita Y-Z zirconia, eMax press-moderate opacity, vita alumina, Lava zirconia
- Which ceramics have low translucency?
eMax press-high opacity, In-Ceram zirconia
- What are the 4 types of traditional casting gold alloys?
- Type 1 - low strength
- Casting subjects to slight stress
- eg// inlays
- Type 2 - medium strength
- Castyings subject to moderate stress
- eg// inlays & onlays
- Type 3 - high strength
- High stress situations
- eg// onlays, thin casting backings, pontics, full crowns
- Type 4 - extra high strength
- Casting thin in cross sections
- eg// saddles, bars, clasps, crowns, bridges, partial denture framework
- Disadvantages of using pure gold as a resto material?
Its time consuming, you dont use any luting cement, its usually only good in protected cavities eg// class 1, buccal pit. The rigidity and elasticity of pure gold is insufficient in high stress situations and there is potential for overworking the pure gold during placement which can lead to work harden (which can be beneficial to some degree)
- How do you express gold content by?
- Carat : parts by weight of gold in 24 parts of alloy
- Fineness : parts by weight of gold in 1000 parts of alloy
- An alloy with 75% gold content in them is expressed by?
18 carat, 750 fine
- Based on the % composition summary of traditional casting gold alloys, why is it that when the gold content decreases, the hardness increases?
Due to solution hardening - formation of solid solutions with gold
- As we move from 1-4 on the % composition summary of traditional casting gold alloys table, what increases?
Hardness, proportional unit, strength
- As we move from 1-4 on the % composition summary of traditional casting gold alloys table, what decreases?
Ductility and corrosion resistance