Abstract
The aim of this study was the development of a novel in-vitro method to evaluate the intraoral release of wear particles with a diameter<1µm from dental restorative materials. Test fixtures for a dual-axis chewing simulator (CS-4.8, SD Mechatronik, Feldkirchen-Westerham, Germany), consisting of three components to mount the specimens and a solvent (distilled water) as well as a zirconia antagonist to transfer the masticatory forces onto the specimen was developed. Ceram.x Spectra™ ST HV (CS) and Filtek™ Supreme XTE (FS) specimens (n=3) were fixed into the mounts and immersed in 25ml solvent. All specimens were subjected to 500.000 wear cycles with a load of 49N. The particle size distribution of the suspensions were examined by dynamic light scattering (DLS). The collected particles were characterised by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). For wear quantification, the surfaces of the specimens were photo-optically scanned and the wear was measured. For the statistical analysis, one-way ANOVA and post-hoc Scheffétests were applied. DLS showed particle diameters<1µm (CS: 18.06nm-1.64µm, FS: 72.30nm-2.31µm). SEM/EDS indicated an association between the detected elements and the materials' composition. FS showed significantly higher volume loss (p=0.007) and maximum depth of the wear profile (p=0.005) than CS, but no significant differences in the surface loss (p=0.668). The novel method is able to detect material dependent particles to the size of nanoscale after in-vitro abrasion.
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