PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS OF SELF-ETCHING AND SELF-ADHESIVE EXPERIMENTAL CALCIUM-BASED CEMENTS
Pulp Capping. Cements. Calcium Hydroxide. Calcium Chloride. UltraBlend-Plus.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the Degree of Conversion (DC), Calcium Release (CR), Flexural Strength (FS), Elastic Modulus (ME), Viscosity (VS) and Bond Strength (BS)of experimentally calcium based cements self-etching and self-adhesive. Three experimental cements: A (CONTROL), B (HYDROCAL), C (CLORECAL) were synthesized and evaluated together with a commercial cement D (ULTRAPLUS) (Ultra-Blend Plus®- South Jordan, Utah, USA). For the DC (n = 3), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used. In determining the CR, samples (1.0mmx0.4mm) were used (n = 3) and reading through an atomic absorption spectrophotometer at 3, 24 and 72 hours. For FS/EM (n = 6), bar-shaped samples (7mmx2mmx1mm) were made and evaluated using a universal testing machine. For VS (n = 30), the variation in the strain rate was determined by a rotational concentric cylinder rheometer. For the BS, cylindrical samples fixed in bovine dentin (n = 10) will be used. The microtensile test will be carried out on a universal testing machine with a 50 N load cell, pulling the tooth/cement interface at a constant speed of 1 mm/min until the displacement occurs.