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Joining Veneers to Ceramic Cores and Dentition with Adhesive Interlayers
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-2115, USA; and Correspondence: * corresponding author, brian.lawn{at}nist.gov Adhesive joining of veneers to cores offers potential simplicity and economy in the fabrication of all-ceramic crowns. We tested the hypothesis that resin-based adhesives can be used for such fabrication without compromising mechanical integrity of the crown structure. A simple test procedure for quantifying this hypothesis was proposed. A model glass veneer layer 1 mm thick (representative of porcelain), adhesively bonded onto a glass-like core substrate (ceramic or dental enamel), was loaded at its top surface with a hard sphere (occlusal force) until a radial crack initiated at the veneer undersurface. The critical loads for fracture, visually observable in the transparent glass, afforded a measure of the predisposition for the adhesive to cause veneer failure in an occlusal overload. Two adhesives were tested, one a commercial epoxy resin and the other a relatively stiff in-house-developed composite. The results confirmed that stiffer adhesives provide higher resistance to failure.
Key Words: adhesive joining glass contact loading veneer failure
Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 86, No. 8,
745-748 (2007) |
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