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Creep of Amalgam at Low Stresses

Y. Papadogiannis

Department of Operative Dentistry, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece

D.B. Boyer

Department of Operative Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242

R.S. Lakes

Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242

The creep and recovery, of dental amalgam were studied with a torsional creep apparatus. The purpose was to investigate viscoelastic behavior in a low stress range that might result from normal chewing forces. The creep of specimens up to six months old was also studied. Four types of alloys for amalgam were used: two single-composition sphericals (SCS), an admixture-lathe-cut eutectic (ALE), and a conventional (CON). Constant torque was applied to dumbbell-shaped specimens for three hr and, after the stress was released, recovery was followed for 50 hr. All measurements were made in water at 37°C after storage of the specimens for one week in 37°C water. Creep was also measured at nine intervals an specimens aged from three hr to six months. The SCS amalgams exhibited the least amount of creep, followed by the ALE amalgam. The CON amalgam had the highest creep. The SCS amalgams approached linear viscoelastic behavior in the shear stress range of 0.78-4. 10 MPa at 37°C. They did not exhibit steady-state (viscous) creep at stresses less than 4.10 MPa. Recovery was complete but proceeded more slowly than creep. The ALE and CON amalgams exhibited viscous creep at 1.23 MPa and higher. The steady-state creep rate depended on stress, and the stress exponent ranged from 2.3-3.5, All except the ALE amalgam showed essentially constant creep compliance when aged up to six months, once the amalgamation reaction was completed after 24 to 48 hr. The compliance of the ALE amalgam gradually decreased over the six-month period.

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Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 66, No. 10, 1569-1575 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345870660101101
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