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    Evaluation of bond strength of various margin ceramics

    to a zirconia ceramic

    M. Erhan Comlekoglu a,*, Mine Dundara, Mutlu Ozcan b, M. Ali Gungora,Bulent Gokce a, Celal Artunca

    aEge University, School of Dentistry, Department of Prosthodontics, Izmir, Turkeyb University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Academic Center for Oral Health,

    Clinical Dental Biomaterials, Groningen, The Netherlands

    1. Introduction

    Various types of reinforced ceramic framework materials have

    been introduced in restorative dentistry in an attempt to

    improve the mechanical properties of ceramics.15 One such

    example is zirconium dioxide (hereon: zirconia)-based mate-

    rials. Zirconia is a biocompatible material with excellent

    mechanical properties and low bacterial adhesion properties.

    Restorations made of this material can be cemented with

    conventional cements.4 Several different oxides such as

    Magnesia (MgO), Yttria (Y2O3), and Calcia (CaO) are added to

    zirconia in order to stabilize their tetragonal and/or cubic

    phases to form partially stabilized zirconia. When zirconia

    polycrystal is processed with yttria, yttrium-stabilized tetra-

    gonal zirconium polycrystal (Y-TZP) is obtained.5 The high

    initial strengthand fracture toughness of zirconia results from

    a physical property of partially stabilized zirconia known as

    transformation toughening.6

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    Article history:

    Received 13 March 2008

    Received in revised form

    30 May 2008

    Accepted 31 May 2008

    Keywords:

    Shear bond strength

    ZirconiaMargin ceramic

    Copy-milling

    a b s t r a c t

    Objective: This study evaluated the bond strengths of four different margin ceramics based

    on fluoroapatite and feldspath to a zirconia ceramic.

    Methods: Zirconia cores (Zirconzahn) (N= 28, n= 7/margin ceramic group) were fabricated

    according to the manufacturers instructions (diameter: 4 mm; thickness: 2 mm) and ultra-

    sonically cleaned. Four different margin ceramics (thickness: 5 mm) (Cerabien Zr, Noritake;

    Ceramco PFZ, Ceramco; e.max, Ivoclar Vivadent and Triceram, Dentaurum) were vibrated

    and condensed in a stainless steel mould and fired onto their zirconia cores. After trying the

    specimens in the mould for minor adjustments, they were again ultrasonically cleaned and

    embedded in PMMA. The specimens were stored in distilled water at 37 8C for 1 week and

    shear bond strength (MPa S.D.) tests were performed in a universal testing machine

    (crosshead speed: 0.5 mm/min). Failure modes were recorded under SEM.

    Results: Significant effect of margin ceramic types were found on the bond strength values

    (P < 0.05). The mean bond strength values of Ceramco margin ceramic to zirconia was

    significantly lower (25.4 4.5 MPa) (P < 0.05) than those of Cerabien (31.6 6.4 MPa), e.max

    (35.9 8.4 MPa), and Triceram margin ceramic (38.8 7.1 MPa) systems.

    Conclusions: Margin ceramics, compatible with zirconia framework material tested in the

    present study, exhibited high bond strength values. Variations in thermal expansion

    coefficients might influence their bond strength values.

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    Zirconia frameworks can be fabricated mainly with the

    help of CAD/CAM or copy-milling techniques by means of

    grinding a zirconia block. These blocks can be milled either in

    the green, pre-sintered or completelysintered stage.7,8 Frame-

    works made from green andpre-sinteredzirconia aremilledin

    an enlarged form to compensate for the shrinkage that occurs

    during sintering, which usually equals to 2025% for partially

    sintered frameworks.9,10 Completely sintered Y-TZP blocks areprepared by pre-sintering at temperatures below 1500 8C and

    then processed by hot isostatically pressed (HIP) technique at

    temperatures between 1400 and 1500 8C under high pressure

    in an inert gas atmosphere. This leads to a very high density in

    excess of 99% of the theoretical density.5 The blocks can then

    be machined using a specially designed milling system.

    The milling of pre-sintered zirconia blocks is faster and

    causes less mechanical damage to the material than milling of

    fullysinteredblocks.6Comparedtothemillingmethodbasedon

    pre-sintering, milling of fully sintered zirconia blocks is a time

    consuming process that causes greater wear of the diamond

    burs and is more expensive. Moreover, it has recently been

    reported thatquestions remained regarding to the surface stateafterhardmachining of Y-TZP, while soft machiningseemed to

    lead to a more consistent final state, provided that the

    machined restoration was left intact after sintering.5 Hence,

    green-stage zirconia could be considered advantageous.

    The milled frameworks are then veneered with feldspar or

    glassy matrix ceramics appropriate for the zirconia ceramic

    used. However, the mechanical properties of zirconia ceramic

    areaffected during the veneering stage performed at relatively

    higher temperatures.11 The framework suffers from distortion

    and shrinkage during sintering and veneering stages but this

    does not consequently have a negative effect on the marginal

    adaptation. The quality of the marginal adaptation has been

    shown to influence the long-term success of restorations.11 Interms of longevity, the clinically acceptable range of marginal

    discrepancies is 120 mm. On the other hand, in CAD/CAM or

    copy-milling systems, the marginal openinghas been reported

    to range between 60 mm and 300 mm.11,12

    Margin ceramics are therefore formulated to compensate

    for the marginal impurities in orderto maintain accurate fit as

    well as resistance to chewing forces. Their shrinkage after

    firing/sintering has been minimized. Moreover, fluorescent

    agents are added to optimize their aesthetics and opacity has

    been balanced to mask the show-through of the more opaque

    framework.13 In a recent clinical study on zirconia FPDs, the

    overall survival rate was found to be 73.9% with marginal

    integrity problems and thereby secondary caries (21.7%) and

    ceramic chipping (15.2%) being major causes of failure.17 Also,the most common chippings were observed at the cervical

    areas of the reinforced all ceramic fixed-partial-dentures

    (FPDs).14

    It has been previously demonstrated that marginal dis-

    crepancies of conventional metalceramic systems decreased

    after the application of margin ceramics.15 Although it is not

    commonly practiced, such marginal ceramics, made of either

    feldspath or fluoroapatite, are also available to be used in

    conjunction withzirconiaFPDs. Since cervicalareas of the FPDS

    were reported to be more prone to stresses,16 the adhesion of

    such margin ceramics to the core ceramic is of clinical

    importance in order not to experience chippings after cementa-

    tion. No study to date evaluated their durability on zirconia.Although with fluoroapatite ceramic, high degree of luminous

    reflectance andhigh translucencycould be delivered, sincethey

    are all glassy matrix ceramics, it can be hypothesized that both

    feldspath or fluoroapatite types of margin ceramics would

    perform comparable bond strength to zirconia.

    Therefore, the objectives of this study were to compare the

    adhesion of four individual margin ceramics to a processed

    zirconia framework and evaluate the failure modes after

    debonding.

    2. Materials and methods

    Core/margin ceramic combinations (N= 28, n= 7 per group)

    were fabricated by one experienced dental technician accord-

    ing to each manufacturers instructions. The brand names,

    types, compositions, manufacturer and batch numbers of the

    margin ceramics, modelling liquid and liners used in this

    study are presented inTable 1.

    Table 1 Margin ceramics used in this study

    Brand name of marginceramic, build-up liquidand liner

    Ceramic type Chemical composition Manufacturer Batch number

    Cerabien Zr Feldspathic SiO2, Al2O3,Na2O, CaOK2O,

    MgO, LiO2, B2O3, pigments

    Noritake Dental Supply Co.,

    Nagoya, Japan

    MB3 OD612

    Cerabien Zr forming liquid APEJQ

    Ceramco PFZ Feldspathic SiO2, Al2O3,Na2O, K2O,

    SnO2,CeO2, pigments,

    1.3-Butanediol Xi

    Ceramco, Burlington,

    NJ, USA

    A3-06002487

    Ceramco PFZ margin liquid 06003649

    E.max margin Fluorapatite SiO2, Al2O3,Na2O, K2O,

    ZnO, CaO, P2O5, F, oxides,

    pigments

    IvoclarVivadent,

    Schaan, Liechtenstein

    JO6301

    E.max Zir liner build-up liquid H33669

    E.max margin build-up liquid H32689

    E.max Zir liner 2 H12845

    Triceram Feldspathic SiO2, Al2O3, K2O, Na2O,

    Li2O, CaO, BaO, MgO, B2O3, F

    Dentaurum, Ispringen,

    Germany

    SMA 003F

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    2.1. Preparation of the core ceramics

    Zirconia core specimens (diameter: 4 mm, height: 2 mm) were

    produced by a copy-milling system (Zirconzahn, Bruneck,

    Italy) using prefabricated blanks of zirconia (ICE Zirkon,

    Zirconzahn, Bruneck, Italy) and then sintered. All of the core

    materials were ultrasonically cleaned (Quantrex 90, L&R

    Ultrasonics, Kearny, NJ, USA) for 15 min in ethanol anddeionized water and air-dried.

    2.2. Preparation of the core-veneer assemblies

    The individual veneering ceramics for the zirconia ceramic

    cores were condensed at a thickness of 2 mm, positioned on

    top of a platinum foil and backed by a glass slide leading to

    specimens with 5 mm in diameter and 5 mm in height.

    Manufacturers of e.max and Triceram margin ceramics

    required an obligatory liner application at the interface

    whereas the other two were instructed to be applied directly

    to the core ceramic without liners. Ceramic powder for dentin

    of four different types of zirconium margin ceramics wasmixed on a glass slab using the mixing liquidas recommended

    by each manufacturer. The mould was carefully filled with the

    creamy mixture of margin ceramic and condensed. Excess

    liquid was removed by applying a piece of adsorbing paper

    (Kimwipes1Lite 200, Kimberly Clark Corp., Roswell, GA, USA)

    onto the surface of the specimen. After condensation, the

    mould was removed, leaving the non-sintered specimen

    behind on the platinum foil. The test specimens on the

    platinum foil, were then transferred to a firing tray, and

    sintered in a calibrated ceramic furnace (Programat P90,

    Ivoclar, Schaan, Liechtenstein) in accordance with each

    manufacturers instructions. Following the firing process,

    the specimens were tried in the mould for minor adjustments,ultrasonically cleaned as described above and embedded in

    auto-polymerized polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) resin

    (Palapress, Vario, Heraeus Kulzer, Wehrheim, Germany).

    The specimens were stored in distilled water at 37 8C for 1

    week.

    2.3. Shear bond strength test

    Specimens were mounted in the jig of the universal testing

    machine (Autograph Model AG-50kNG, Shimadzu, Kyoto,

    Japan) and the shear force was applied to the core/veneer

    ceramic interface until fracture occurred. They were then

    loaded at a crosshead speed of 0.5 mm/min and the stressstrain curve was analysed.

    2.4. Failure analysis

    Complementary to the bond strength tests, failure modes

    were examined at 150 magnification under the scanning

    electron microscope (SEM) (JEOL JSM-5200, Kyoto, Japan) at the

    fracture site. The failure between the zirconium framework

    and margin veneering ceramic was defined as adhesive. The

    failure within either the framework or margin ceramic

    material was defined as cohesive. The term mixed failure

    was used to describe the combination of these two failure

    types.

    2.5. Statistical analysis

    Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 15.0 for

    Windows (Chicago, IL, USA). The means of each group were

    analysed by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Due to

    significant difference between the groups, Tukeys test was

    used to determine the significant differences between ceramic

    systems. P values less than 0.05 were considered to be

    statistically significant in all tests.

    3. Results

    Significant effect of margin ceramic types were found on the

    bond strength values (P < 0.05). The mean bond strength

    values of Ceramco margin ceramic (25.4 4.5 MPa) (P < .05) to

    zirconia was significantly lower than those of Cerabien

    (31.6 6.4 MPa), e.max (35.9 8.4 MPa), and Triceram margin

    ceramic (38.8 7.1 MPa) systems (Fig. 1).

    Failure analysis revealed predominantly adhesive type of

    failures for Ceramco while in Cerabien, e.max and Triceram

    mainly cohesive failures were observed (Table 2). Representa-

    tive SEM pictures are presented inFig. 2ad.

    4. Discussion

    In this study,the shear bond strengths of four different margin

    ceramics to a zirconia core ceramic were evaluated. Margin

    ceramics have been developed to restore the marginal

    impurities caused by the inherent shrinkage behavior of

    framework materials. Their reduced shrinkage properties as

    well as sealing ability for metal or opaque zirconia framework

    collar show-through around the cervical region, propose

    advantages for clinical use of margin ceramics.13 In addition

    to their optical advantages, margin ceramics should basically

    also demonstrate good adhesion to their frameworks. In all-

    ceramic restorations, compressive and tensile stresses have

    been reported to accumulate on heavy load bearing areas like

    Fig. 1 Mean shear bond strength (MPa) of the tested

    margin ceramics to zirconia.

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    cervical finish lines.17 The margin ceramics should therefore

    have highbond strengths to their frameworksin order to resist

    these stresses and thereby prevent chipping of the restoration

    at the cervical region. Thus,the bond strength test was used toevaluate the adhesion of margin ceramic to a zirconia

    framework. The bond strength values of veneering ceramics

    to their core ceramics were reported to range between 23 MPa

    and 41 MPa.18,19 In this study, mean bond strength values of

    the tested margin ceramics to zirconia framework ranged

    between 25 MPa and 39 MPa. Although the tested ceramics

    were not veneering ceramics, the results of the present study

    were compared with the results obtained with veneering

    ceramic in previous studies since no data on margin ceramic

    bond strength to zirconia framework were available in

    reviewed literature.

    Several factors such as lack of proper framework support,

    internal defects, mismatch between the thermal coefficients

    (t) of the veneering and core materials, direction, magnitude

    and frequency of the applied load, as well as the residual

    stresses induced by processing, were reported to be respon-

    sible for the cause of fracture of veneering ceramic on ceramic

    core materials.2022 Compressive stresses are generated in the

    veneering ceramic as a result of differences in t of both theframework and the veneering ceramics.19 Guazzato et al.23

    found that crack propagation occurred very often in the

    proximity of the interface in the veneering ceramic. This

    phenomenon indicates a region of high stress just above the

    ceramiccore interface, and becomes more apparent at higher

    t mismatch between the core and the veneering ceramic.

    Althought of the three margin ceramics and zirconia frame-

    work used in this study were glassy matrix ceramics, t

    mismatch of Ceramco-zirconia (9.1 106 K1) and zirconia

    framework (11 106 K1) might have resulted in the sig-

    nificantly lower SBS results than those of the other groups. In

    fact, all the ceramics tested were glassy matrix ceramics but

    particle sizes andtmay differ among different brands. In thiscontext, it can be anticipated that among the factors affecting

    the bond strengths of the margin ceramics to the framework

    material,tof the margin ceramics, rather than their chemical

    compositions, might have influenced the results obtained.

    Therefore the hypothesis was rejected.

    Although failure types may not always correspond to bond

    strength results, SEM images showedmainlyadhesive failures

    for Ceramcowith which the lowest bond strengthresults were

    obtained. On the other hand Cerabien, e.max and Triceram,

    with higher bond strength values, exhibited more frequent

    cohesive failures within the margin ceramic. However, since

    Table 2 Failure types and distribution for each experi-mental group

    Adhesive(A)

    Cohesivemarginceramic

    (CMC)

    Cohesivesubstrateceramic

    (CSC)

    Mixed(M)

    Cerabien 2 4 0 1

    Ceramco 5 0 0 2E.max 1 4 0 2

    Triceram 1 4 0 2

    Adhesive (A) = failure between the zirconium framework and

    margin veneering ceramic; cohesive in margin ceramic

    (CMC) = failure only within the margin ceramic; cohesive in

    substrate ceramic (CSC) = failure only within the zirconia ceramic;

    mixed (M) = combination of A + CMC.

    Fig. 2 SEM images (150T) of the typical failure types for each margin ceramic tested: (a) cohesive failure within the margin

    ceramic Cerabien; (b) cohesive failure within the margin ceramic Ceramco; (c) mixed failure type in e.max. The arrow

    indicates the cohesive failure in the margin ceramic; (d) cohesive failure within the margin ceramic Triceram.

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    in all groups, also some mixed failures were observed, it

    cannot be stated that the shear strength values correlate with

    the failure types. The question remains to be answered in

    future studies whether the bond strength results or solely the

    failure types should be considered to assess the performance

    of adhesion. The test method used in this study can still be

    considered a practical option to monitor the adhesive

    performance of ceramics. Considering the nature of themandibular movement against maxilla, shear forces do have

    clinical relevance. However, the results should be confirmed

    with supplementary data using fatigue tests in more complex

    geometries such as an FPD. Also, the behavior in terms of

    adhesion and microleakage of margin ceramics cemented to

    the dentinwarrantsfurther research. To this point,shear bond

    test could be considered as a screening test among all battery

    of tests.24

    Some ceramic systems advise application of liners on the

    core ceramic. Selenium-based feldspathic porcelain liners are

    used for masking the opaqueness of zirconia core ceramics.

    Depending on the test method used, pretreatment of the core

    with liners was not shown to affect the bond strength ofveneering ceramic to the core ceramic. While an increasing

    effect was found in flexural strength tests,5 the use of a liner

    between zirconia and veneering ceramic was not found to

    increase the microtensile bond strengths.25 In this study,

    manufacturers of some margin ceramics (e.max and Tri-

    ceram) required an obligatory liner application at the interface

    whereas others were instructed to be applied directly to the

    core ceramic without liners. However, the obtained mean

    bond strengths for Ceramco for instance did not reveal any

    significant differences between liner applied e.max and

    Triceram margin ceramics.

    From the clinical point of view, the thickness of the core

    ceramic is important and small variations can affect thestrength of the restoration.26 It hasbeen suggested that thicker

    ceramic cores lead to bulk fractures in veneer ceramics under

    fracture resistance tests. Zirconia core (2 mm)margin cera-

    mic (2 mm) ratio in this study was 1:1. When nominal core

    ceramic thicknesses (0.51 mm) in bilayered all-ceramic

    materials are considered in single or multiple unit FPDs, this

    may not seem clinically relevant.21 The objective of this study

    was solely to observe the adhesion properties of margin

    ceramics designed for zirconia framework and make compar-

    isons between available products. Nevertheless, the obtained

    bond results could be considered sufficient when compared to

    bond strengths to the dental tissues. Future studies may

    consider also the coremargin ceramic ratio. This may beparticularly important when tooth preparation has wider

    finish lines especially when the abutment teeth are prepared

    more than once such as replacement of existing metal

    ceramic FPDs with zirconia-based ceramic materials. Further-

    more, the right choice and use of margin ceramics may

    eliminate chipping problems at the cervical margins of

    zirconia FPDs.

    5. Conclusions

    Margin ceramics, compatible with zirconia framework mate-

    rial tested in the present study, exhibited high bond strength

    values. Variations in thermal expansion coefficients might

    influence the bond strength values of margin ceramics to

    zirconia.

    Acknowledgements

    The authors would like to thank Stephan Fiorillo, mastertechnician from IvoclarVivadent for supplying the zirconia

    frameworks and ZirkonZahn Asya Dental Laboratory, Istan-

    bul, Turkiye for the processing of the zirconia specimens.

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