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. 2019 Oct;122(4):396-403.
doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2019.02.005. Epub 2019 Apr 12.

Impact of high-speed sintering on translucency, phase content, grain sizes, and flexural strength of 3Y-TZP and 4Y-TZP zirconia materials

Jan Ulrich Jansen  1 , Nina Lümkemann  1 , Inge Letz  2 , Regina Pfefferle  1 , Beatrice Sener  3 , Bogna Stawarczyk  4
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Impact of high-speed sintering on translucency, phase content, grain sizes, and flexural strength of 3Y-TZP and 4Y-TZP zirconia materials

Jan Ulrich Jansen et al. J Prosthet Dent. 2019 Oct.
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Abstract

Statement of problem: The lengthy sintering time of zirconia is costly and limits applications. The consequences of shortening the sintering time are mainly unknown.

Purpose: The purpose of this in vitro study was to test and compare 2 high-speed sintering protocols and 1 conventional sintering protocol on the translucency, phase content, grain sizes, and flexural strength of 3 zirconia materials.

Material and methods: In total, 450 specimens of 3 zirconia materials-two were 3 mol% yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystals (3Y-TZPs), Ceramill ZI and Zolid (ZD), and a 4 mol% yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystal (4Y-TZP), Zolid HT+ (n=150)-and 5 thicknesses (1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, and 3.0 mm; n=30) were sintered according to 2 high-speed sintering protocols (final temperature 1570 °C and 1590 °C; n=10) and a reference sintering protocol (1450 °C; n=10). After measuring the monoclinic phase content with Raman spectrometry (n=3), the specimens were polished, and translucency was determined. The biaxial flexural strength of specimens with a thickness of 1.0 mm and 1.5 mm was tested (n=20). Statistical evaluation included 1-way ANOVA, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney-U, and Spearman-Rho tests and the Bonferroni correction (α=.0011).

Results: For ZI, the sintering protocols did not affect the translucency or biaxial flexural strength. ZD and HT+ showed significantly lower translucency for high-speed sintering protocols (P≤.001), but the biaxial flexural strength remained the same after the high-speed sintering protocol at 1590 °C. Grain sizes increased with increasing final sintering temperature for ZI and HT+, whereas translucency generally decreased with increasing material thickness. No monoclinic phase was detected in any group.

Conclusions: The flexural strength was maintained with high-speed sintering but led to a decrease in translucency for ZD and HT+.

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