A novel zirconia-based composite presents an aging resistant material for narrow-diameter ceramic implantsShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Materials, E-ISSN 1996-1944, Vol. 14, no 9, article id 2151Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
A novel ceria-stabilized zirconia-alumina-aluminate composite (Ce-TZP-comp) that is not prone to aging presents a potential alternative to yttrium-stabilized zirconia for ceramic oral implants. The objective of this study was to evaluate the long-term stability of a one-piece narrow-diameter implant made of Ce-TZP-comp. Implant prototypes with a narrow (3.4 mm) and regular (4.0 mm) diameter were embedded according to ISO 14801, and subgroups (n = 8) were subsequently exposed to dynamic loading (107 cycles, 98N) and/or hydrothermal treatment (aging, 85◦C). Loading/aging was only applied as a combined protocol for the 4.0 mm diameter implants. One subgroup of each diameter remained untreated. One sample was cross-sectioned from each subgroup and evaluated with a scanning electron microscope for phase-transformation of the lattice. Finally, the remaining samples were loaded to fracture. A multivariate linear regression model was applied for statistical analyses (significance at p < 0.05). All samples withstood the different loading/aging protocols and no transformation propagation was observed. The narrow diameter implants showed the lowest fracture load after combined loading/aging (628 ± 56 N; p < 0.01), whereas all other subgroups exhibited no significantly reduced fracture resistance (between 762 ± 62 and 806 ± 73 N; p < 0.05). Therefore, fracture load values of Ce-TZP-comp implants suggest a reliable intraoral clinical application in the anterior jaw regions. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
MDPI AG , 2021. Vol. 14, no 9, article id 2151
Keywords [en]
Ceramic implants, Ceria-stabilized, Fracture resistance, Loading/aging, Scanning electron microscopy, Zirconia, Alumina, Aluminum oxide, Cerium oxide, Dynamic loads, Fracture, Regression analysis, Sodium Aluminate, Clinical application, Hydrothermal treatments, Long term stability, Multivariate linear regression model, Stabilized zirconia, Yttrium stabilized zirconia, Zirconia based composites, Loading
National Category
Dentistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-53049DOI: 10.3390/ma14092151Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85105130680OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-53049DiVA, id: diva2:1557240
Note
Funding details: European Commission, EC, 737954; Funding details: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg; Funding text 1: Funding: Samples were provided in the framework of the SISCERA project (http://siscera-project.eu; accessed on 23 February 2021) funded by E.U. (H2020-FTIPilot-2016) (grant agreement no. 737954).; Funding text 2: Acknowledgments: The article processing charge was funded by the Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of Science, Research and Art and the University of Freiburg through the funding program Open Access Publishing.
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