- •Contents
- •1.1 Introduction
- •1.2 Selection of dental materials
- •1.3 Evaluation of materials
- •2.1 Introduction
- •2.2 Mechanical properties
- •2.3 Rheological properties
- •2.4 Thermal properties
- •2.5 Adhesion
- •2.6 Miscellaneous physical properties
- •2.7 Chemical properties
- •2.8 Biological properties
- •2.9 Suggested further reading
- •3.1 Introduction
- •3.2 Requirements of dental cast materials
- •3.3 Composition
- •3.4 Manipulation and setting characteristics
- •3.5 Properties of the set material
- •3.6 Applications
- •3.7 Advantages and disadvantages
- •3.8 Suggested further reading
- •4.1 Introduction
- •4.2 Requirements of wax-pattern materials
- •4.3 Composition of waxes
- •4.4 Properties of dental waxes
- •4.5 Applications
- •4.6 Suggested further reading
- •5.1 Introduction
- •5.2 Requirements of investments for alloy casting procedures
- •5.3 Available materials
- •5.4 Properties of investment materials
- •5.5 Applications
- •5.6 Suggested further reading
- •6.1 Introduction
- •6.2 Structure and properties of metals
- •6.3 Structure and properties of alloys
- •6.4 Cooling curves
- •6.5 Phase diagrams
- •6.6 Suggested further reading
- •7.1 Introduction
- •7.2 Pure gold fillings (cohesive gold)
- •7.3 Traditional casting gold alloys
- •7.4 Hardening heat treatments (theoretical considerations)
- •7.5 Heat treatments (practical considerations)
- •7.6 Alloys with noble metal content of at least 25% but less than 75%
- •7.7 Soldering and brazing materials for noble metals
- •7.8 Noble alloys for metal-bonded ceramic restorations
- •7.9 Biocompatibility
- •7.10 Suggested further reading
- •8.1 Introduction
- •8.2 Composition
- •8.3 Manipulation of base metal casting alloys
- •8.4 Properties
- •8.5 Comparison with casting gold alloys
- •8.6 Biocompatibility
- •8.7 Metals and alloys for implants
- •8.8 Suggested further reading
- •9.1 Introduction
- •9.2 Investment mould
- •9.3 Casting machines
- •9.4 Faults in castings
- •9.5 Suggested further reading
- •10.1 Introduction
- •10.2 Steel
- •10.3 Stainless steel
- •10.4 Stainless steel denture bases
- •10.5 Wires
- •10.6 Suggested further reading
- •11.1 Introduction
- •11.2 Composition of traditional dental porcelain
- •11.3 Compaction and firing
- •11.4 Properties of porcelain
- •11.5 Alumina inserts and aluminous porcelain
- •11.6 Sintered alumina core ceramics
- •11.7 Injection moulded and pressed ceramics
- •11.8 Cast glass and polycrystalline ceramics
- •11.9 CAD–CAM restorations
- •11.10 Porcelain veneers
- •11.11 Porcelain fused to metal (PFM)
- •11.12 Capillary technology
- •11.13 Bonded platinum foil
- •11.14 Suggested further reading
- •12.1 Introduction
- •12.2 Polymerisation
- •12.3 Physical changes occurring during polymerisation
- •12.4 Structure and properties
- •12.5 Methods of fabricating polymers
- •12.6 Suggested further reading
- •13.1 Introduction
- •13.2 Requirements of denture base polymers
- •13.3 Acrylic denture base materials
- •13.4 Modified acrylic materials
- •13.5 Alternative polymers
- •13.6 Suggested further reading
- •14.1 Introduction
- •14.2 Hard reline materials
- •14.3 Tissue conditioners
- •14.4 Temporary soft lining materials
- •14.5 Permanent soft lining materials
- •14.6 Self-administered relining materials
- •14.7 Suggested further reading
- •15.1 Introduction
- •15.2 Requirements
- •15.3 Available materials
- •15.4 Properties
- •15.5 Suggested further reading
- •16.1 Introduction
- •16.2 Classification of impression materials
- •16.3 Requirements
- •16.4 Clinical considerations
- •16.5 Suggested further reading
- •17.1 Introduction
- •17.2 Impression plaster
- •17.3 Impression compound
- •17.4 Impression waxes
- •18.1 Introduction
- •18.2 Reversible hydrocolloids (agar)
- •18.3 Irreversible hydrocolloids (alginates)
- •18.5 Modified alginates
- •18.6 Suggested further reading
- •19.1 Introduction
- •19.2 Polysulphides
- •19.3 Silicone rubbers (condensation curing)
- •19.4 Silicone rubbers (addition curing)
- •19.5 Polyethers
- •19.6 Comparison of the properties of elastomers
- •19.7 Suggested further reading
- •20.1 Introduction
- •20.2 Appearance
- •20.3 Rheological properties and setting characteristics
- •20.4 Chemical properties
- •20.5 Thermal properties
- •20.6 Mechanical properties
- •20.7 Adhesion
- •20.8 Biological properties
- •20.9 Historical
- •21.1 Introduction
- •21.2 Composition
- •21.3 Setting reactions
- •21.4 Properties
- •21.6 Manipulative variables
- •21.7 Suggested further reading
- •22.1 Introduction
- •22.2 Acrylic resins
- •22.3 Composite materials – introduction
- •22.4 Classification and composition of composites
- •22.5 Properties of composites
- •22.6 Fibre reinforcement of composite structures
- •22.7 Clinical handling notes for composites
- •22.8 Applications of composites
- •22.9 Suggested further reading
- •23.1 Introduction
- •23.2 Acid-etch systems for bonding to enamel
- •23.3 Applications of the acid-etch technique
- •23.4 Bonding to dentine – background
- •23.5 Dentine conditioning – the smear layer
- •23.6 Priming and bonding
- •23.7 Current concepts in dentine bonding – the hybrid layer
- •23.8 Classification of dentine bonding systems
- •23.9 Bonding to alloys, amalgam and ceramics
- •23.10 Bond strength and leakage measurements
- •23.11 Polymerizable luting agents
- •23.12 Suggested further reading
- •24.1 Introduction
- •24.2 Composition
- •24.3 Setting reaction
- •24.4 Properties
- •24.5 Cermets
- •24.6 Applications and clinical handling notes
- •24.7 Suggested further reading
- •25.1 Introduction
- •25.2 Composition and classification
- •25.3 Setting characteristics
- •25.4 Dimensional change and dimensional stability
- •25.5 Mechanical properties
- •25.6 Adhesive characteristics
- •25.7 Fluoride release
- •25.8 Clinical handling notes
- •25.9 Suggested further reading
- •26.1 Introduction
- •26.2 Requirements
- •26.3 Available materials
- •26.4 Properties
- •27.1 Introduction
- •27.2 Requirements of cavity lining materials
- •27.3 Requirements of Iuting materials
- •27.4 Requirements of endodontic cements
- •27.5 Requirements of orthodontic cements
- •27.6 Suggested further reading
- •28.1 Introduction
- •28.2 Zinc phosphate cements
- •28.3 Silicophosphate cements
- •28.4 Copper cements
- •28.5 Suggested further reading
- •29.1 Introduction
- •29.2 Zinc oxide/eugenol cements
- •29.3 Ortho-ethoxybenzoic acid (EBA) cements
- •29.4 Calcium hydroxide cements
- •29.5 Suggested further reading
- •30.1 Introduction
- •30.2 Polycarboxylate cements
- •30.3 Glass ionomer cements
- •30.4 Resin-modified glass ionomers and compomers
- •30.5 Suggested further reading
- •31.1 Introduction
- •31.2 Irrigants and lubricants
- •31.3 Intra-canal medicaments
- •31.4 Endodontic obturation materials
- •31.5 Historical materials
- •31.6 Contemporary materials
- •31.7 Clinical handling
- •31.8 Suggested further reading
- •Appendix 1
- •Index
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resin or a DBA to optimize attachment. It is only necessary to etch a GIC with acid if the restoration has been in place for some time and has fully matured.
The sandwich technique has a number of attractions, but it should be undertaken as a planned procedure rather than as a method to improve the appearance of an unsatisfactory GIC restoration. The principal reason for this is that most restor- ative-grade GICs are radiolucent; if these are cut back and a radiopaque composite placed over the top then the radiographic appearance is indistinguishable from recurrent decay beneath a restoration. This unfortunate coincidence could result in an otherwise perfectly satisfactory restoration being replaced. The purpose designed GIC base materials are radiopaque, alleviating this problem. Conversely these lining materials are not designed to survive exposed in the oral environment so should not be brought to the surface of the tooth even at a dentine interface.
ART
ART (the atraumatic restorative technique) is a method of caries management developed primarily for use in the Third World where skilled dental
manpower and facilities are limited and the population need is high. The technique uses simple hand instruments (chisels and excavators) to break through the enamel and remove as much caries as possible. The cavity is isolated using cotton rolls. When excavation of caries is complete (or as complete as can be achieved) the residual cavity is restored using a modified GIC. These GICs are reinforced to give increased strength under functional loads and are radiopaque. Their aesthetic properties are poorer with the materials being optically opaque.
24.7 Suggested further reading
McLean, J.W. (1992) The clinical use of glass-ionomer cements. Dent. Clin. North Am. 36, 693.
Mount, G.J. (1999) Glass ionomers: a review of their current status. Oper. Dent. 24, 115.
Nicholson, J.W. (1998) Chemistry of glass-ionomer cements: a review. Biomaterials 19, 485.
Nicholson, J.W. & Croll, T.P. (1997) Glass-ionomer cements in restorative dentistry. Quintessence Int. 28, 705.
Walls, A.W.G. (1986) Glass polyalkenoate (glassionomer) cements: a review. J. Dent. 14, 231.
Chapter 25
Resin-modified Glass lonomers and Related Materials
25.1 Introduction
In the previous chapters we have considered two of the most important groups of tooth-coloured restorative materials – the composites and glass ionomers. Both products have advantages and disadvantages which are summarized in Table 25.1. The properties of these materials dictate that no single material from either group is suitable for all applications and that materials selection requires a decision on the part of the dentist which takes account of the limitations of the products. It was recognized that if it were possible to combine the characteristics of the two types of product it may be possible to produce a hybrid material which possesses the most advantageous properties of both materials whilst at the same time overcoming some of the disadvantages. Early attempts at producing hybrid products involved blending together components of commercially available glass ionomer and composite materials to produce a material which, though not viable as a clinically usable product, demonstrated the possibility of combining two apparently dissimilar materials. Further research and development has led to a large new family of materials which are diverse in nature but which have a composition which lies somewhere on the continuum between resin– matrix type composites and acid–base reaction type cements. At the one extreme of the continuum they can be viewed as composite materials in which a modified resin and a reactive glass have been used. At the other extreme they can be viewed as acid–base cement matrix products with added resin.
Fig. 25.1 gives some indication of the materials which lie on the continuum. The figure indicates very approximately the nature of the materials in terms of the relative contribution of cement or resin matrix from which it is possible to develop a profile of expected properties.
25.2 Composition and classification
There has been considerable controversy over the terminology used to describe materials which fall into the categories lying between composites and glass ionomers. An ISO Standard (ISO 9917–2) for light-activated water-based cements describes the products as water-based and setting by multiple reactions which include an acid-base reaction and polymerisation. An attempt has been made to further sub-divide products in these categories into modified composites and resin-modified glass ionomers (Table 25.2).
Variations on these materials occasionally produce other new categories, one example being the ‘giomers’. However, these new categories often turn out to be very similar to one of the existing groups. The giomers, for example are very similar to the modified composites or compomers.
Modified composites. Some products are essentially resin–matrix composites in which the usual insert filler has been replaced by an ion-leachable aluminosilicate glass in order to encourage fluoride release. No acid–base reaction takes place during the setting of these materials. Setting is through free radical polymerisation of methacrylate groups (often light-activated). In some materials the resin, in addition to the normal dimethacrylate components, also contains acidic (normally alkenoic) groups in order to generate the possibility of an acid–base reaction with the glass component. These products are often referred to as acid-modified composites. The term compomer has also been used to describe these products. The primary setting reaction is still through polymerisation of methacrylate groups in the resin component. The acid part of the modified resin is unable to enter into an acid–base reaction with the glass due to the absence of water from any of
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the material components. Indeed, the most widely used materials from this category are supplied premixed in small single dose syringes (Fig. 25.2). Since the modified resin and glass are pre-mixed and stored in the syringe before use, the exclusion of water is essential in order to prevent premature
Table 25.1 Summary of the advantages and disadvantages of composites and glass ionomers.
Material |
Advantages |
Disadvantages |
|
|
|
Composite |
Strong |
No inherent adhesion |
|
Tough |
Shrinkage |
|
Insoluble |
No fluoride release |
|
Radiopaque |
|
|
Quick setting |
|
Glass ionomer |
Inherent adhesion |
Brittle |
|
Little shrinkage |
Soluble |
|
Fluoride release |
Not radiopaque |
|
Biocompatible |
Wear |
|
|
Water sensitive |
|
|
Slow setting |
|
|
|
Resin component |
Salt component |
setting. This is normally achieved by packaging each small syringe in a waterproof foil container. Following setting through polymerisation it is thought that some acid–base reaction can occur as the resin takes up water and the acid groups become ionized. This process may enable the
composite compomer giomer |
RMGIC |
GIC |
Fig. 25.1 An illustration of how materials may have a matrix composition which comprises a blend or mixture of resin and salt components lying between the extremes of a dental composite having a purely resin matrix and a conventional GIC having a salt matrix.
Fig. 25.2 An illustration of an acid modified composite material, often referred to as compomers, supplied in single dose syringes called compules. The material can be injected from the compule directly into the cavity using the device shown in the picture. Setting of the material is then activated by light.
Table 25.2 Summary of the nature of the available materials.
Material |
Number of components |
Require mixing |
Active ingredients |
|
|
|
|
Modified composites |
1 or 2 |
2 components – yes |
Fluoroalumino silicate glass |
|
|
1 component – no |
Methacrylate resin* (acid modified) |
|
|
(compomers) |
|
|
|
|
Activators/initiators/stabilizers |
Resin-modified glass |
2 or 3 |
Yes |
Fluoroaluminosilicate glass |
ionomers |
|
|
Methacrylate polyacid |
|
|
|
Hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) |
|
|
|
Water |
|
|
|
Activators/initiators/stabilizers |
Giomer |
1 |
No (single paste) |
Aluminosilicate glass pre-reacted with poly acid |
|
|
|
Dimethacrylate resin matrix |
|
|
|
|
* Acid-modified products referred to as acid-modified composites.
Resin-modified Glass lonomers and Related Materials |
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|
|
surface of the glass particles to react in order to liberate fluoride.
Giomers. These products are similar to the acidmodified composites except that the acid-base reaction is completed before blending the filler with resin. The aluminosilicate glass is reacted with polyacid in order to form a pre-reacted glasspolyalkenoate complex. Two distinct products are produced. The first, known as surface reaction type, involves breakdown of only the surface layers of the glass particles. The second, known as full reaction type (Fig. 25.3), involves almost complete breakdown of the original glass particles. Following this initial reaction, the product is ground and blended with a dimethacrylate resin to form a composite structure. A notable feature of the full reaction type materials is the fact that some hydroxyethylmethacrylate is required in order to enable mixing of the hydrophobic resin with the fully reacted glass. The principle of the formulation and manufacturing process is that fluoride is released from the glass particles during the acid-base reaction and when the glasspolyalkenoate complex is blended with resin the fluoride becomes available for release. In the surface reaction products only the surfaces of the glass particles are consumed and for these products the mechanical reinforcing effect of the filler particles is given priority over fluoride release. For the full reaction products fluoride release is prioritized at the expense of mechanical properties.
Both the full reaction and surface reaction type products are provided to the dentist as single paste materials which set through light-activated free radical addition polymerisation of methacrylate groups in the usual way (see Sections 12.2 and 22.4).
Resin-modified glass ionomers. These products are considered by some authorities to be more truly based on a hybrid of the two parent groups of materials. In their simplest form they consist of a powder and liquid which require mixing prior to activation of polymerisation (often by light activation). The most convenient of the restorative type resin-modified glass ionomers are provided in an encapsulated form in which the powder/ liquid ratio is determined by the manufacturer and the mixing is carried out mechanically in only a few seconds (Fig. 25.4). The powder consists primarily of an ion-leachable glass whilst the liquid contains four main ingredients:
Fig. 25.3 An illustration of a giomer material supplied as a light activated paste in a syringe. This material contains filler particles consisting of a pre-reacted glass ionomer blended into a paste with resin.
Fig. 25.4 A resin modified glass ionomer restorative material. The powder and liquid are contained in a capsule which is mixed in a device similar to that seen in Figs 24.3 and 24.4. The mixed material can then be
extruded from the capsule directly into the cavity. Setting is through a combination of an acid-based reaction and light activated polymerisation.
(1)A methacrylate resin which enables setting to occur by polymerisation.
(2)A polyacid which reacts with the ionleachable glass to bring about setting by an acid–base mechanism.
(3)Hydroxyethylmethacrylate(HEMA),ahydrophilic methacrylate which enables both the resin and acid components to co-exist in aqueous solution; the HEMA also takes part in the polymerisation reaction.