Fractographic analysis of a dental zirconia framework: A case study on design issues

Lohbauer U, Amberger G, Quinn GD, Scherrer SS (2010)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2010

Journal

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials Elsevier

Book Volume: 3

Pages Range: 623-629

Journal Issue: 8

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.07.004

Abstract

Fractographic analysis of clinically failed dental ceramics can provide insights as to the failure origin and related mechanisms. One anterior 6-unit all-ceramic zirconia fixed partial denture (FPD) (Cercon®) has been clinically recovered and examined using qualitative fractography. The purpose was to identify the fracture origin and to state the reasons for failure. The recovered parts of the zirconia FPD were microscopically examined to identify classic fractographic patterns such as arrest lines, hackle, twist hackle and wake hackle. The direction of crack propagation was mapped and interpreted back to the origin of failure at the interface of the occlusal-palatal tip of the core and the veneering ceramic. An inappropriate core drop design favoring localized stress concentration combined with a pore cluster in the veneering ceramic at the core tip interface were the reasons for this premature through-the-core thickness failure. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.

Authors with CRIS profile

Ulrich Lohbauer Medizinische Fakultät

Involved external institutions

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) US United States (USA) (US) University of Geneva / Université de Genève (UNIGE) CH Switzerland (CH)

How to cite

APA:

Lohbauer, U., Amberger, G., Quinn, G.D., & Scherrer, S.S. (2010). Fractographic analysis of a dental zirconia framework: A case study on design issues. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 3(8), 623-629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.07.004

MLA:

Lohbauer, Ulrich, et al. "Fractographic analysis of a dental zirconia framework: A case study on design issues." Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 3.8 (2010): 623-629.

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