CAD/CAM Versus 3D-printing/pressed Lithium Disilicate Monolithic Crowns: Adaptation and Fatigue Behavior

Overview

Journal J Dent

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Dentistry

Date 2022 Jun 9

PMID 35679990

Authors

Rodrigo Ottoni

Susana M Salazar Marocho

Jason A Griggs

Marcia Borba

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Abstract

Objectives: this study aimed to evaluate the adaptation and fatigue behavior of lithium disilicate glass-ceramic (LD) monolithic crowns produced by press (combined with 3D-printing) and CAD/CAM milling (control) techniques.

Methods: thirty abutment preparations with a chamfer finish line were produced with a dentin analogue material and scanned with extraoral scanner. Captured images were processed using CAD software to design a premolar. Blocks of LD were milled using CAD/CAM system. For the press technique, crowns were first 3D-printed using a polymeric material and the heat-pressing protocol was performed. Crowns were adhesively cemented to the abutments and scanned using micro-CT. Files were processed and cross-sectional images were analysed in five measuring points: marginal, axial angle, axial, occlusal angle and occlusal. Fatigue test was performed in a MTS universal testing machine (2 Hz, 37°C distilled water) using an anatomic composite piston, following the step-stress method. Failures were detected with an acoustic system and confirmed by transillumination. A cumulative damage-Weibull distribution (95% CI) was used to analyze the fatigue data. Gap thickness data were analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis and Student-Newman-Keuls tests (α=0.05).

Results: CAD/CAM milling resulted in larger gap thickness in the occlusal area and smaller gap thickness in the axial angle and axial area than press (p<0.05). The probability of failure was similar for crowns produced with CAD/CAM milling and press. The most frequent failure mode was radial crack.

Conclusions: LD crowns produced using the combination of 3D-printing/press technique showed similar fatigue behavior than CAD/CAM milled control group, and resulted in smaller gap thickness at the occlusal region.

Clinical Significance: A more controlled process can be achieved by replacing conventional restoration waxing with 3D printing, which in combination with the press technique produces lithium disilicate glass-ceramic monolithic crowns with good adaptation and high fatigue survival.

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