Efeito de diferentes tratamentos ácidos na rugosidade superficial e na resistência de união da cerâmica de dissilicato de lítio

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different acid treatments, the concentration variation and the time of exposure to hydrofluoric (HF) and phosphoric acids (H3PO4) on the surface roughness and bond strength of a glass-ceramic reinforced by cement lithium disilicate with a self-adhesive resin cement. One hundred tablets of the IPS e.max Press® ceramic measuring 2 x 7 mm were divided into ten groups according to the surface treatment (n = 10): G1, control, or untreated; G2, G3 and G4 etching with 5% hydrofluoric acid for 20, 40 and 60 seconds, respectively; G5, G6 and G7 etching with 10% hydrofluoric acid for 20, 40 and 60 seconds, respectively; G8, G9 and G10 etching with 10% hydrofluoric acid for 20, 40 and 60 seconds respectively, and subsequently etched with phosphoric acid at 37% for 5 seconds. Analysis of surface roughness was performed confocal optical microscope. Representative tablets of each group were selected and metallized for analysis of surface morphology in scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscope. For the analysis of bond strength to microshear, on properly treated surfaces, the silane RelyX Ceramic Primer® was applied and waited up to 1 minute to the holding of the cementing. Three-cylinder in each tablet were cemented with resin cement RelyXTM U200, and light cured for 60 seconds. The specimens were stored in deionized water at 37C for 24 hours (n = 30). After this time, the specimens were submitted to microshear test in a universal testing machine Emic DL 2000® with speed of 1 mm/min until the fracture. The average values of both tests were submitted to ANOVA two factors and the means compared by Tukey test at 5% significance level. All fractured surfaces were taken to the stereomicroscope with 50X enlargement to verify the pattern of failure occurred and some specimens with significant fractures of each type of failure were metallized and taken to the scanning electron microscope for surface characterization. The increased surface roughness was obtained by the G6 group (2.05 ± 0.107 N) and statistically superior. Already the slightest roughness was obtained by G1 control group (0.567 ± 0.057) and statistically lower to others. The G7 (1.785 ± 0.037); G3 (1.608 ± 0.03); G10 (1.551 ± 0.046); G9 (1.449 ± 0.047); G5 (1.443 ± 0.06); G4 (1.422 ± 0.103); G8 (1.339 ± 0.036) and G2 (1.283 ± 0.059) showed intermediate roughness values. Among these groups, the G3 (22.75 ± 1.97 N) was presented the highest mean bond strength with failures of mixed type. Moreover, G1 (5.25 ± 1.29 N) had the lowest average value of the bond strength with a predominance of adhesive failures. Thus, it is concluded that the acid concentration and time influence the surface roughness, being greater for etching with 10% hydrofluoric acid. For the bond strength, the conditioning time and the interaction of this with the concentration of the acid had a significant influence; being that the hydrofluoric acid of lower concentration, 5% for 40 seconds, showed the highest values.