• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.169-181
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• 2007

Statement of problem: Titanium is well known as a proper metal for the dental restorations, because it has an excellent biocompatibility, resistance to corrosion, and mechanical property. However, adhesion between titanium and dental porcelains is related to the diffusion of oxygen to the reaction layers formed on cast-titanium surfaces during porcelain firing and those oxidized layers make the adhesion difficult to be formed. Many studies using mechanical, chemical and physical methods to enhance the titanium-ceramic adhesion have been actively performed. Purpose: This study meant to comparatively analyse the adhesion characteristics depending on different titanium surface coatings after coating the casts and wrought titanium surfaces with Au and TiN. Material and method: In this study, the titanium specimens (CP-Ti, Grade 2, Kobe still Co. Japan) were categorized into cast and wrought titanium. The wrought titanium was cast by using the MgO-based investment(Selevest CB, Selec). The cast and wrought titanium were treated with Au coating($ParaOne^{(R)}$., Gold Ion Sputter, Model PS-1200) and TiN coating(ATEC system, Korea) and the ultra low fusing dental porcelain was fused and fired onto the samples. Biaxial flection test was done on the fired samples and the porcelain was separated. The adhesion characteristics of porcelain and titanium after firing and the specimen surfaces before and after the porcelain fracture test were observed with SEM. The atomic percent of Si on all sample surfaces was comparatively analysed by EDS. In addition, the constituents of specimen surface layers after the porcelain fracture and the formed compound were evaluated by X-ray diffraction diagnosis. Result: The results of this study were obtained as follows : 1. The surface characteristics of cast and wrought titanium after surface treatment(Au, TiN, $Al_2O_3$ sandblasting) were similar and each cast and wrought titanium showed similar bonding characteristics. 2. Before and after the biaxial flection test, the highest atomic weight change of Si component was found in $Al_2O_3$ sandblasted wrought titanium(28.6at.% $\rightarrow$ 8.3at.%). On the other hand, the least change was seen in Au-Pd-In alloy(24.5at.% $\rightarrow$ 9.1at.%). 3. Much amount of Si components was uniformly distributed in Au and TiN coated titanium, but less amount of Si's was unevenly dispersed on Al2O3 sandblasting surfaces. 4. In X-ray diffraction diagnosis after porcelain debonding, we could see $Au_2Ti$ compound and TiN coating layers on Au and TiN coated surfaces and $TiO_2$, typical oxide of titanium, on all titanium surfaces. 5. Debonding of porcelain on cast and wrought titanium surface after the biaxial flection is considered as a result of adhesion deterioration between coating layers and titanium surfaces. We found that there are both adhesive failure and cohesive failure at the same time. Conclusion: These results showed that the titanium-ceramic adhesion could be improved by coating cast and wrought titanium surfaces with Au and TiN when making porcelain fused to metal crowns. In order to use porcelain fused to titanium clinically, it is considered that coating technique to enhance the bonding strength between coating kKlayers and titanium surfaces should be developed first.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.349-359
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• 2006

니켈-티타늄 합금은 높은 spring-back성질, 초탄성 효과, 형상기억 효과 등의 장점을 가지고 있으나 성형이 어렵다는 단점을 가지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 니켈-티타늄 와이어의 굴곡을 위한 열처리 시에 나타나는 부하-변위 곡선의 변화 및 상전이 온도 변화와 같은 물성 변화 양상을 조사하고자 하였다. 수종의 니켈-티타늄 와이어를 열처리를 시행하지 않은 군, 전기저항 열처리 장치를 이용하여 와이어 단면적에 따라 제조회사에서 권장하는 전류를 기초로 하여 $00.016"\;{\times}\;00.022"$ (5 A, 7 sec), $0.018"\;{\times}\;0.025"$ (6 A, 7 sec) 그리고 $0.0215"\;{\times}\;0.028"$ (7 A, 8 sec) 와이어를 열처리만 시행한 실험군, 열처리를 시행하여 굴곡을 부여한 실험군 그리고 열처리 시간을 1초 증가시켜 굴곡을 부여한 실험군으로 분류하여 3점 굴곡 실험과 시차주사열량측정을 하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. $0.016"\;{\times}\;0.022"$, $0.018"\;{\times}\;0.025"$ 그리고 $0.0215"\;{\times}\;0.028"$ 니켈-티타늄 와이어에서 굴곡을 부여하지 않고 열처리만 시행한 실험군이 열처리를 시행하지 않은 대조군에 비해 부하-변위 곡선이 상방 이동되어 초탄성 현상에 의한 평탄역(loading and unloading plateau)의 힘이 더 증가되었다. $0.016"\;{\times}\;0.022"$, $0.018"\;{\times}\;0.025"$ 그리고 $0.0215"\;{\times}\;0.028"$ 와이어에서 열처리만 시행한 실험군이 열처리를 시행하지 않은 군보다 더 낮은 austenite finish ($A_f$) 온도를 보였다. $0.018"\;{\times}\;0.025"$ 및 $0.0215"0.028"$ 와이어에서 열처리를 시행하여 굴곡을 부여한 실험군은 열처리만 시행한 실험군과 열처리를 시행하지 않은 대조군에 비해 부하-변위 곡선이 상방 이동되었으며, 열처리 시간을 1초 증가시켜 굴곡을 부여한 실험군에서 가장 높은 부하-변위 곡선을 나타냈다. $0.018"\;{\times}\;0.025"$ 그리고 $0.0215"\;{\times}\;0.028"$ 와이어에서 $A_f$ 온도는 열처리 시간을 1초 증가시켜 굴곡을 부여한 실험군에서 가장 낮게 관찰되었고 열처리를 시행하여 굴곡을 부여한 실험군, 열처리만 시행한 실험군 그리고 열처리를 시행하지 않은 대조군 순으로 높게 관찰되었다. 이상의 결과를 종합할 때, 임상에서 니켈-티타늄 합금 와이어에 굴곡을 부여하기 위해 열처리하는 경우 초탄성 특성은 유지될 수 있으나, 부하-변위 곡선의 상방 증가가 나타나므로, 와이어에 의한 교정력이 증가될 수 있음에 유의하여야 한다.