A study on optimal bonding angles of bi-material interfaces in dental crowns with porcelain fused to metal

作者:Chowdhuri M A K; Xia Z*; Yu D
来源:Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers - Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine , 2011, 225(H7): 657-668.
DOI:10.1177/0954411911401781

摘要

Interfaces between two different materials exist in the dental crowns used in dental restoration work. A common failure mode observed in dental crowns is debonding/fracture that is initiated at the corners of the interface between two materials, where a stress concentration or a stress singularity can be created. In this paper, finite element modelling and analytical methods are used to analyse the stress singularity at the free edge corners at the interfaces between porcelain and metal and also metal and cement in porcelain-fused-to-metal (PFM) crowns. Optimal ranges of bonding angles at the corners of the interface, that result in the elimination of the stress singularity, are obtained for PFM crowns made from a precious-metal-based or non-precious-metal-based alloy, respectively. The findings presented in this paper can serve as guidelines for the design and manufacture of PFM dental crowns.

  • 出版日期2011

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