Effect of surface finishing protocol on the color change and translucency of monolithic translucent zirconia / Mohamed Sherif Omar ; Supervised Shereen Adel Amin , Karim Abou Bakr Rabie

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department of Prosthodontics

Statement of the problem: During delivery of all ceramic restorations, clinical adjustments through grinding by diamond burs are needed when the restoration exhibits premature occlusal contacts and / or inadequate contours, consequently removing the superficial glazing layer. The efficacy of ceramic polishing systems is a controversial issue in literature. Purpose: The purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate the effect of reglazing and polishing after simulated clinical adjustment on the color change and translucency of translucent monolithic zirconia. Materials and methods: Thirty disks were milled from bruxzir anterior zirconia then glazed and divided into 3 groups (n=10). Glazed-Group (G) samples (n=10) were set aside and served as controls. Reglazed-Group (RG) samples (n=10) were ground using the manufacture recommended adjustment kit then reglazed. Polished-Group (P) samples (n=10) were ground then polished. All test samples (n=30) were subjected to spectrophotometric analyses of color change (xE) and translucency. A representative sample was randomly selected from each group and subjected to Xray diffraction crystallography, surface gloss measurement and scanning electron microscope imaging. Mann-Whitney U test was used to analyze color change data, one-way ANOVA test was used to analyze Translucency parameter data and Tukey{u2019}s post-hoc test was used for pairwise comparison when ANOVA test is significant Ü=0.05

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