Określenie zmian temperatury wybranych materiałów stomatologicznych do wypełnień ubytków zębów w trakcie polimeryzacji

Celem badań było określenie wybranych właściwości fizycznych nowoczesnych materiałów do wypełnień ubytków zębów: Charisma, Valux Plus, Tetric EvoCeram w powiązaniu z procesem ich polimeryzacji. Pomiary wykonano za pomocą kamery termowizyjnej. W trakcie badań określono wartości wzrostu temperatury w trakcie polimeryzacji. Opracowane wyniki badań pozwoliły na porównanie cech użytych materiałów, istotnych dla ich właściwego stosowania.

The paper deals with the problem of determining physical properties of dental restorative materials. The authors investigated the properties of such materials during the polymerization process. The proven test method [3, 4] was applied to measure three modern dental materials. The following parameters of the polymerization process were determined: polymerization time, maximal temperature value and rate of temperature changes for each tested material. The authors describe the measurement stand (Fig. 1), the measurement method and the tested materials as well. The results include plots of the polymerization temperature as a function of time for all tested sample materials (Figs. 2-5). The differences between materials (and between different colours of the same material) are discussed. The biggest difference in the maximum temperature value (4,7°C) occurred between Charisma and Tetric Evo Ceram restorative materials. The latter one exhibits the lowest polymerization tem-perature and the lowest temperature rise rate. The colour-dependent differences were observed for Tetric Evo Ceram and Valux Plus dental materials. As conclusions, the authors pointed out the significant relation between the analyzed properties of dental restorative materials and their effective and long-lasting application to filling dental cavities.