Abstract
AbstractA novel dental fiber post from glass fiber‐reinforced polybenzoxazine (PBZ) composites was developed in this work. The essential properties, that is, chemical characteristics, thermal and biological properties of the PBZ composites were investigated for various glass fiber loadings (10.5, 23.7, 41.2 and 65.1 vol%). Finite element analysis (FEA) was also utilized to observe mechanical behaviors of the tooth model repaired with PBZ composite posts compared to a natural tooth model. The findings reveal that for the fiber‐reinforced PBZ composites not only their thermal properties were significantly improved, but they also showed enhanced cytocompatibility; we found a coefficient of thermal expansion of 12.8 ppm/°C and cell viability of 91.55 for the 65.1 vol% glass fiber‐reinforced PBZ composite. Moreover, samples reinforced with higher glass fiber loadings effectively resulted in the reduction of stress distribution in dentin observed from FEA suggesting protection againt root fractures. Restoration using the PBZ composite post showed the same stress patterns in the dentin‐composite resin‐post interface of the repaired tooth as in the natural tooth model. The results revealed that the glass fiber‐reinforced PBZ composites possess good thermal properties and mechanical behaviors which renders them suitable candidates for biocompatible dental materials.Highlights The glass fiber/polybenzoxazine (GF/PBZ) composites had nontoxic properties as evidenced through cell viability, growth and morphology studies. The thermal expansion of the GF/PBZ composite was similar to that of dentin, promoting adaptation at the dentin‐post interface. Mechanical behaviors evaluated by FEA of tooth model restored with GF/PBZ composite post were similar to those restored with commercial glass fiber post. The biocompatible GF/PBZ composite with good thermal and mechanical properties is a promising new candidate material as dental fiber post.
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