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P V McCrory
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Magnetron sputtered tin coatings on unbiased ceramic substrates.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this work was to study the application of tin oxide coatings on alumina, with a view to developing improved bonding for high-alumina dental ceramics. METHODS: By use of a magnetron sputtering technique, alumina was coated with tin which was subsequently oxidized, and the bond strength of coated surfaces to a resin-based dental cement was measured in tension. Tensile bond strength data were assessed for their degree of skewness and the homogeneity of the residual variances with a view to applying appropriate transformations prior to performing ANOVA with subsequent Tukey's analysis as necessary. The color of coatings, as a function of the amount of oxidation of the surface, was noted. Coatings were characterized by SEM and EDAX. It has been found possible to produce esthetic tin oxide coatings on alumina using a simplified magnetron sputtering apparatus in conjunction with post-deposition oxidation. RESULTS: Although mean tensile bond strength (TBS) values in excess of 15 MPa were recorded for a number of groups, no causal relationship was found between coating time and mean TBS. SIGNIFICANCE: The need exists for improved bonding of alumina-based ceramics; further development of a magnetron sputtering technique may provide the means for achieving this.
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Tin oxide coating of aluminous porcelain by reactive ion plating.
Alumina reinforced dental porcelain has been coated directly with tin oxide by reactive ion plating. Samples were prepared at different distances from the tin source in the ion plating rig. Tensile bond strengths of treated and untreated porcelain discs to a commercially available phosphate-methacrylate based dental cement were determined. Bond strengths of certain coated samples were found to be in excess of the cohesive strength of the porcelain substrates (greater than 7.8 MPa), whereas untreated porcelain achieved an average bond strength of only 3.4 MPa. The microstructures of coatings produced under conditions similar to those which yielded the maximum bond strength were examined in a scanning electron microscope and were found to be approximately 0.5 microns thick. It is believed that ion plating has great potential for rendering inert ceramic surfaces capable of direct bonding to dental cements.
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