Gloss measurements and rugometric inspection in dental biomaterials

Alicia Fernández-Oliveras; Manuel F. M. Costa; Ana Yebra; Manuel Rubiño; María M. Pérez

doi:10.1117/12.2025423

18 November 2013 Gloss measurements and rugometric inspection in dental biomaterials

Alicia Fernández-Oliveras, Manuel F. M. Costa, Ana Yebra, Manuel Rubiño, María M. Pérez

Proceedings Volume 8785, 8th Iberoamerican Optics Meeting and 11th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Applications; 8785E0 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025423
Event: 8th Ibero American Optics Meeting/11th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Applications, 2013, Porto, Portugal

Abstract

In dental applications, optimizing appearance is desirable and increasingly demanded by patients. The specular gloss is among the major appearance properties of dental biomaterials, and its relationship with surface roughness has been reported. Roughness and gloss are key surface aspects that complement each other. We have experimentally analyzed the specular gloss and surface roughness of two different types of dental-resin composites and pre-sintered and sintered zirconia ceramics. We have studied two shades of both composite types and two sintered zirconia ceramics: colored and uncolored. Moreover, a surface treatment was applied to one specimen of each dental resin. Gloss measurements were performed with a standardized reflectometer and the corresponding gloss percentages were calculated. All the samples were submitted to rugometric non-invasive inspection with the MICROTOP.06.MFC laser microtopographer in order to determine meaningful statistical parameters such as the average roughness (R_a) and the root-mean-square deviation (R_q). For a comparison of the different biomaterials, the uncertainties associated to the measure of the surface gloss and roughness were also determined. The differences between the two shades of both kinds of composites proved significant in the case of the roughness parameters but not for the specular gloss. The surface treatment applied to the dental-resin composites increased the average roughness but the changes in the specular gloss were significant only for the A2 enamel nano-composite. For the zirconia ceramic the sintered process resulted in an increase in the surface roughness with a decrease of the specular gloss, corroborating that the relationship between the gloss and the roughness shows the expected behavior.

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Alicia Fernández-Oliveras, Manuel F. M. Costa, Ana Yebra, Manuel Rubiño, and María M. Pérez "Gloss measurements and rugometric inspection in dental biomaterials", Proc. SPIE 8785, 8th Iberoamerican Optics Meeting and 11th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Applications, 8785E0 (18 November 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025423

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