Verificação da existência de porosidade interna em duas resinas acrílicas termopolimerizáveis com diferentes volumes e métodos de processamento

Abstract

This study used specimens with different volumes polymerized in heated water with microwave energy and thermopneumohydraulic curing, in order to visually verify the existence of internal porosity in the thermally activated acrylic resins Clássico® and Onda Cryl®. To make the 60 specimens, which were divided randomly into three groups with different volumes (n = 5), measuring respectively, 4 X 3cm, 3 X 2cm, 1 X 2cm and 3 X 10 X 0.3cm, acrylic resins were handled following the manufacturer's recommendations and positioned manually in flasks in its plastic phase. Then the flasks were brought to hydraulic press for a period of 08 hours and placed in a humidor at 37ºC. For processing by microwave energy, was used cycle 40% power for 03 minutes, 0% power for 04 minutes and 90% power for 03 minutes. In the conventional, the specimens were polymerized in heated water bath for 09 hours at a temperature of 74ºC and thermopneumohydraulic, flasks were placed in a thermal curing in pressure of 20 pounds to the temperature of 120ºC, followed by cooling to 90ºC, and again increased to 120ºC for 40 minutes. All flasks processed at the three methods were kept in room temperature until the complete cooling. After polymerization and unflanking, the specimens were finished and polished. To check the porosity, three observers used predetermined scores: "0" – no pore, "1" – pores in minimal amount, "2" – pores in greater quantity, "3" – pores occupying a large part of total and "4" – pores in the total volume. The data were subjected to Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests with a significance level of 5% (p ≤ 5). The score "0" was more frequent with 37.8% followed by the score "1" with 31.1%. A statistically significant difference between the scores and the sizes of the specimens (p = 0.023) was observed. The average percentage of the scores assigned to the specimens according to the method of polymerization reached 37.8%. There were no statistically significant differences between processing methods, however the “p” hit 0.593. It can be concluded that the specimens showed great score "1" and the average score "3", the samples were small and laminar score "1" and "0" respectively. The three polymerization methods used were similar, with no statistically significant difference between them in two acrylic resins tested. Regardless of the method of processing, the internal porosity was directly proportional to the volume of specimens.