Influence of loading and aging on the fracture strength of an injection-molded two-piece zirconia implant restored with a zirconia abutmentShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: Clinical Oral Implants Research, ISSN 0905-7161, E-ISSN 1600-0501, Vol. 34, no 2, p. 105-115Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Objective: To investigate the fracture strength and potential phase transformation of an injection-molded two-piece zirconia implant restored with a zirconia abutment after loading and/or aging. Methods: Thirty-two two-piece zirconia implants (4.0 mm diameter) restored with zirconia abutments were embedded according to ISO 14801 and divided into four groups (n = 8/group): Three groups were either exclusively hydrothermally treated (group HT; 85°C), dynamically loaded (group DL; 107 cycles; 98 N), or subjected to both treatments simultaneously (group DL/HT). One group remained untreated (group 0). A sample from each group was cross-sectioned and examined by scanning electron microscopy for possible crystal phase transformation. The remaining samples were then loaded to fracture in a static loading test. A one-way ANOVA was used for statistical analyses. Results: During dynamic loading, three implants of group DL and six implants of group DL/HT fractured at a load of 98 N. The fracture strength of group DL/HT (108 ± 141 Ncm) was significantly reduced compared to the other groups (group 0: 342 ± 36 Ncm; HT: 363 ± 49 Ncm; DL: 264 ± 198 Ncm) (p <.05). Fractures from group 0 and HT occurred at both implant and abutment level, whereas implants from group DL and DL/HT fractured only at implant level. A shallow monoclinic transformation zone of approximately 2 μm was observed following hydrothermal treatment. Conclusions: Within the limitations of this study, it can be concluded that dynamic loading and the combination of loading and aging reduced the fracture strength of the implant abutment combination. Hydrothermal treatment caused a shallow transformation zone which had no influence on the fracture strength. © 2022 The Authors.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2023. Vol. 34, no 2, p. 105-115
Keywords [en]
injection molding, loading/aging, oral implants, phase transformation, scanning electron microscopy, zirconia, zirconia abutments
National Category
Dentistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-62370DOI: 10.1111/clr.14022Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85144072897OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-62370DiVA, id: diva2:1723946
Note
This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. The implants and abutments were kindly provided by CAMLOG Biotechnologies, GmbH.
2023-01-042023-01-042025-09-23Bibliographically approved