Abstract
This study presents technological process for obtaining strontium enriched calcium silicate based dental ceramics and testing their microstructural and chemical properties. In brief, the influence of different radiopacifiers on microstructural properties of calcium-silicate (CaSi) and calcium-aluminate (CaAl) dental ceramics was evaluated. For synthesis of CaSi-based ceramics, calcium chloride pentahydrate (CaCl2?5H2O) and silica sol obtained by hydrothermal treatment were used. CaSi+barium-sulphate (BaSO4), CaSi+bismuth-oxide (Bi2O3), CaAl+zirconium-dioxide (ZrO2), CaAl+strontium-carbonate (SrCO3), CaAl+strontium-fluoride (SrF2),pure CaSi, pure CaAland mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) (control material) were used. The wettability, surface free energy (SFE), microporosity, nano-porosity and micro-gap size between the material and tooth root canal were evaluated. There was no difference in total SFE among tested cements (p<0.05), while CaSi+BaSO4, CaAl+SrCO3 and CaAl+SrF2 experienced superior wetting than other cements (p<0.05). The highest microporosity was observed in CaAl, whilst adding radiopacifiers into it decrease cements microporosity (p<0.05). The lowest nanoporosity was found for CaAl+ZrO2. The gap size was not statistically different among tested ceramics (p>0.05). Altogether, strontium containing radiopacyfiers result in improved microstructural characteristics of dental ceramics.
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