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. 2020 Oct;14(4):634-638.
doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1715782. Epub 2020 Sep 11.

Analysis of Color and Hardness of a Medical Silicone with Extrinsic Pigmentation after Accelerated Aging

Daniela Micheline Dos Santos  1 , Marcela Borgui Paulini  1 , Tamires Gabrielle Silva Faria  1 , Clovis Lamartine de Moraes Melo Neto  1 , Emily Vivianne Freitas da Silva  1 , Fernanda Pereira de Caxias  1 , André Pinheiro de Magalhães Bertoz  2 , Marcelo Coelho Goiato  1
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Analysis of Color and Hardness of a Medical Silicone with Extrinsic Pigmentation after Accelerated Aging

Daniela Micheline Dos Santos et al. Eur J Dent. 2020 Oct.

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the color alteration and shore A hardness of a medical silicone with extrinsic pigmentation, before and after accelerated aging.

Materials and methods: Twenty samples (Silastic Q7-4735) were made with an intrinsic pigmentation. This intrinsic pigmentation was composed of a pink pigment (H-109-P, Factor II) and an opacifier (ZnO). All samples had standardized dimensions (45-mm diameter and 2-mm thickness). Half of the 20 samples manufactured subsequently received an extrinsic pigment (Tan FE-215, Factor II). Therefore, two groups were created (n = 10): Group 1, group with intrinsic pigmentation and without extrinsic pigmentation (control) and Group 2, group with intrinsic and extrinsic pigmentation. Samples were submitted to color and Shore A hardness tests, before and after 1,008 hours of aging.

Statistical analysis: Color alteration data were submitted to Student's t-test (α = 0.05). Shore A hardness data were submitted to two-way analysis of variance and Tukey test (α = 0.05).

Results: The incorporation of the extrinsic pigment on the silicone did not affect its color (ΔE) when the two groups were compared (p = 0.232). Regarding the hardness test, the interaction between group and period did not interfere with the hardness results(p=0.599). However, the period factor showed that there was a reduction in the hardness of the silicone after aging (p < 0.05).

Conclusion: In this study, all the hardness and color results of the silicone used were clinically acceptable, regardless of the presence of extrinsic pigmentation.

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