Flexural properties of three lithium disilicate materials: An in vitro evaluation

Objective: The goal of this study was to investigate the flexural strength, Young’s modulus and Weibull modulus of two heat-pressed and one CAD/CAM processed lithium disilicate (LD) ceramics. Material and methods: A total of 45 specimens with dimensions 16 × 4 × 1.2 ± 0.2 mm were fabricated out of t...

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Main Authors: Ahmad M. Al-Thobity, Abdulmohsen Alsalman
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Language:English
Published: Springer 2021-11-01
Series:Saudi Dental Journal
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description Objective: The goal of this study was to investigate the flexural strength, Young’s modulus and Weibull modulus of two heat-pressed and one CAD/CAM processed lithium disilicate (LD) ceramics. Material and methods: A total of 45 specimens with dimensions 16 × 4 × 1.2 ± 0.2 mm were fabricated out of three LD ceramics. For heat-pressed LD specimens, acrylate polymer blocks were cut and divided into two groups (n = 15 per group); a GC LiSi Press LD group (LP) and an IPS e.max Press group (EP). Specimens for each group were pressed corresponding to the manufacturer’s recommendations. For the CAD-CAM Group (EC), IPS e.max CAD blocks were cut to obtain specimens (n = 15) to the desired dimensions. Flexural strength and Young’s modulus tests were executed using a universal testing machine. A one-way ANOVA and post-hoc Tuckey’s tests were applied to analyze the results (p ≤ 0.05). Results: Regarding flexural strength, the EC group showed higher statistically substantial difference than the EP and LP groups (p = 0.001), while there was no pronounced difference between the EP and LP groups (p = 0.065). For Young’s modulus test, all the three tested groups had no statistically substantial difference (p = 0.798). Conclusion: The IPS e.max CAD group had higher mechanical performance than the IPS e.max Press and GC LiSi Press groups.
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spelling doaj-art-554893b4f422485ea45066330f68dd472025-08-20T03:49:04ZengSpringerSaudi Dental Journal1013-90522021-11-0133762062710.1016/j.sdentj.2020.07.004Flexural properties of three lithium disilicate materials: An in vitro evaluationAhmad M. Al-Thobity0Abdulmohsen Alsalman1Department of Substitutive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding author.Department of Dentistry, Armed Forced Hospital Dhahran, Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaObjective: The goal of this study was to investigate the flexural strength, Young’s modulus and Weibull modulus of two heat-pressed and one CAD/CAM processed lithium disilicate (LD) ceramics. Material and methods: A total of 45 specimens with dimensions 16 × 4 × 1.2 ± 0.2 mm were fabricated out of three LD ceramics. For heat-pressed LD specimens, acrylate polymer blocks were cut and divided into two groups (n = 15 per group); a GC LiSi Press LD group (LP) and an IPS e.max Press group (EP). Specimens for each group were pressed corresponding to the manufacturer’s recommendations. For the CAD-CAM Group (EC), IPS e.max CAD blocks were cut to obtain specimens (n = 15) to the desired dimensions. Flexural strength and Young’s modulus tests were executed using a universal testing machine. A one-way ANOVA and post-hoc Tuckey’s tests were applied to analyze the results (p ≤ 0.05). Results: Regarding flexural strength, the EC group showed higher statistically substantial difference than the EP and LP groups (p = 0.001), while there was no pronounced difference between the EP and LP groups (p = 0.065). For Young’s modulus test, all the three tested groups had no statistically substantial difference (p = 0.798). Conclusion: The IPS e.max CAD group had higher mechanical performance than the IPS e.max Press and GC LiSi Press groups.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1013905220307458Lithium disilicateCeramicsCAD-CAMHeat press
spellingShingle Ahmad M. Al-Thobity
Abdulmohsen Alsalman
Flexural properties of three lithium disilicate materials: An in vitro evaluation
Saudi Dental Journal
Lithium disilicate
Ceramics
CAD-CAM
Heat press
title Flexural properties of three lithium disilicate materials: An in vitro evaluation
title_full Flexural properties of three lithium disilicate materials: An in vitro evaluation
title_fullStr Flexural properties of three lithium disilicate materials: An in vitro evaluation
title_full_unstemmed Flexural properties of three lithium disilicate materials: An in vitro evaluation
title_short Flexural properties of three lithium disilicate materials: An in vitro evaluation
title_sort flexural properties of three lithium disilicate materials an in vitro evaluation
topic Lithium disilicate
Ceramics
CAD-CAM
Heat press
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