Densification and mechanical properties of dental zirconia ceramics were evaluated by different sintering methods. Microwave sintering was very effective so that considerable mechanical properties such as flexural strength and bulk density were drasti...
Densification and mechanical properties of dental zirconia ceramics were evaluated by different sintering methods. Microwave sintering was very effective so that considerable mechanical properties such as flexural strength and bulk density were drastically increased than conventional electric heating
method. It is also shown that microwave sintering time was faster and more economical than common method to be present in qualities which equal or exceed. However, in the high heating rate, some cracks were occurred in the thick specimens. By adjusting the heating rate in dry phase at lower temperature
than 400℃, thereby having been able to inhibit the crack formation, which had occurred in the specimen with large thickness due to moisture, and to obtain the fine zirconia sintered body. However, it will be important to seek the accurate sintering condition of dental zirconia by microwave sintering method and the continuous research is necessary for the study of relationship between sintering temperature and mechanical properties.
The shear bond strength between sintered zirconia cores and veneering ceramics was measured and the effect of Coefficient of Thermal Expansion(CTE) of veneering ceramics and surface treatment method were evaluated. Four groups of veneering
ceramics with different CTE were sintered on sandblasted zirconia. The shear bond strength of lower CTE was higher than high CTE groups. And 4 groups of specimens with different surface treatment were prepared. Group I: without any
pre-treatment, Group II: treated with sandblasting, Group III: treated with liner, Group IV: treated with sandblasting and liner. The shear bond strength was tested in a universal testing machine. The shear bond strength of Group II was significantly higher than the other groups. Sandblasting decreased the
percentage of interfacial failure patterns and increased the surface roughness and bond strength. In contrary, liner application reduced the shear bond strength and increased the likelihood of interfacial failure and delamination of the veneering ceramic from the zirconia core structures. CTE of the core and veneer is an important factor in making a successful core veneer combination. Finally the effect of thermo-cycling treatment on the bond strength and flexural strength of ceramic veneered zirconia was evaluated. After thermo-cycling treatment between 5℃ to 55℃ ceramic-zirconia bond strength and zirconia flexural strength was not affected. In the phase analyses using XRD, after thermo-cycling treatment, however both the experimental group and the control group were tetragonal phase. That is, the ceramic-zirconia bond strength and zirconia flexural strength were unaffected by low temperature degradation. So low temperature aging treatment did not reduce the flexural strength and the temperature applied to the aging treatment was relatively low.