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OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the load required to produce failure in Class II bonded amalgam restorations. METHOD AND MATERIALS: Five groups of 12 maxillary molars were mounted. Class II mesio-occlusal preparations were cut: group 1, extension through central grooves, without retention grooves; group 2, proximal slot preparation, without retention grooves; groups 3 and 5, slot preparation with long facial and lingual retention grooves; group 4, slot preparation without grooves, with unsupported proximal enamel allowed to remain. Groups 1 to 4 were restored with an amalgam-bonding system and amalgam; in group 5, no amalgam-bonding material was used. RESULTS: Mean (SD) failure loads: group 1, 281 (77) N; group 2, 246 (101) N; group 3, 238 (84) N; group 4, 254 (100) N; and group 5, 191 (66) N. CONCLUSION: Although there was a trend toward greater resistance to dislodgment or fracture when an amalgam-bonding technique was used, its use did not significantly increase the resistance to failure when compared to retention grooves alone.
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Amálgama Dentário , Colagem Dentária , Restauração Dentária Permanente/métodos , Adesivos Dentinários , Metacrilatos , Análise de Variância , Ligas Dentárias , Preparo da Cavidade Dentária , Falha de Restauração Dentária , Estudos de Avaliação como Assunto , Humanos , Teste de MateriaisRESUMO
This study evaluated the load, applied to the marginal ridge, required to produce failure in Class II posterior composite resin restorations with four different preparation designs. In group 1, the preparation had an extension through the occlusal groove. The other three groups employed a proximal box-only (slot) preparation. Group 2 preparations had facial and lingual retention grooves that extended from the gingival floor to the occlusal surface; group 3 preparations were slots without grooves; and group 4 preparations were slots without grooves and with unsupported proximal enamel. After the restorations were thermocycled, their marginal ridges were flattened and loaded to failure. Mean (SD) failure loads were 438 (73) N in group 1; 383 (52) N in group 2; 297 (72) N in group 3; and 281 (63) N in group 4. Mean failure loads of groups 1 and 2 were not significantly differet from each other but were significantly greater than failure loads for groups 3 and 4. Mean failure loads of groups 3 and 4 were not significantly different
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Humanos , Resinas Compostas/uso terapêutico , Restauração Dentária Temporária/métodosRESUMO
Investigators have implied that palatal rugae are unique to each individual. However, these researchers have disagreed as to whether or not legal identification could be based solely on palatal rugae. Previous studies used poor duplicating materials and may not have considered the effects of growth, extractions, palatal expansion, or some combination of these. The inadvertent use of other features of the cast, such as teeth, edentulous ridge morphology, muscle attachments, vestibular depth, or some combination of these, to aid in the identification, may have influenced their results. The purpose of this investigation was to determine if palatal rugae can be relied upon for identification. Twenty-five orthodontic cases were selected with pre- and post-treatment casts; orthodontic treatment had taken eighteen to sixty months. One hundred casts were randomly selected as variables. All casts were trimmed so that all areas except for the rugae area of the hard palate were removed. The twenty-five post-orthodontic casts were dispersed within 100 randomly selected casts. Nine investigators were given the twenty-five pre-orthodontic casts and asked to compare them to the other one hundred and twenty-five casts for possible matches. Data were collected as to percentage of correct matches and time required for comparison. Each set of pre- and post-orthodontic casts was properly identified (100%) by 8 investigators, and the remaining investigator correctly matched 22 out of 25 casts (88%). These conclusions were drawn.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)