Long-term stability of an injection-molded zirconia bone-level implant: A testing protocol considering aging kinetics and dynamic fatigue.

Spies BC, Maass ME, Adolfsson E, Sergo V, Kiemle T, Berthold C, Gurian E, Fornasaro S, Vach K, Kohal RJ

Long-term stability of an injection-molded zirconia bone-level implant: A testing protocol considering aging kinetics and dynamic fatigue.

Spies BC, Maass ME, Adolfsson E, Sergo V, Kiemle T, Berthold C, Gurian E, Fornasaro S, Vach K, Kohal RJ: Long-term stability of an injection-molded zirconia bone-level implant: A testing protocol considering aging kinetics and dynamic fatigue. Dent Mater, 2017; 33 (8): 954-965. : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dental.2017.06.002

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OBJECTIVE: Separately addressing the fatigue resistance (ISO 14801, evaluation of final product) and aging behavior (ISO 13356, standardized sample) of oral implants made from yttria-stabilized zirconia proved to be insufficient in verifying their long-term stability, since (1) implant processing is known to significantly influence transformation kinetics and (2) aging, up from a certain level, is liable to decrease fatigue resistance. Therefore, the aim of this investigation was to apply a new testing protocol considering environmental conditions adequately inducing aging during dynamic fatigue. METHODS: Zirconia implants were dynamically loaded (107 cycles), hydrothermally aged (85°, 60 days) or subjected to both treatments simultaneously. Subsequent, monoclinic intensity ratios (Xm) were obtained by locally resolved X-ray microdiffraction (μ-XRD2). Transformation propagation was monitored at cross-sections by μ-Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Finally, implants were statically loaded to fracture. Linear regression models (fracture load) and mixed models (Xm) were used for statistical analyses. RESULTS: All treatments resulted in increased fracture load (p≤0.005), indicating the formation of transformation induced compressive stresses around surface defects during all treatment modalities. However, only hydrothermal and combinational treatment were found to increase Xm (p<0.001). No change in Xm was observed for solely dynamically loaded samples (p≥0.524). Depending on the variable observed, a monoclinic layer thickness of 1-2μm (SEM) or 6-8μm (Raman spectroscopy) was measured at surfaces exposed to water during treatments. SIGNIFICANCE: Hydrothermal aging was successfully induced during dynamic fatigue. Therefore, the presented setup might serve as reference protocol for ensuring pre-clinically long-term reliability of zirconia oral implants. Copyright © 2017 The Academy of Dental Materials. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. KEYWORDS: Ceramics; Crystallography; Dental implant; Raman spectroscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; X-ray diffraction; Zirconia

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dental.2017.06.002

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