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PubMed1980

Effect of investment on casting high-fusing alloys.

A definite interaction in castability was found between the three different phosphate-bonded investments and four different alloys tested in this study. 1. Casting completeness of all alloys, as measured by the length of test specimens, was affected by the investment. The high-gold content alloy, SMG II, yielded the most complete castings of all combinations teted when invested with Ceramigold. Of the nonprecious alloys, Biobond CB combined with Ceramigold II resulted in the longest samples. 2. The surface quality of Jelbon and SMG II castings was good, regardless of the investment used. Wiron S and Biobond CB varied in surface quality with different investments, Ceramigold II giving the smoothest castings. 3. All alloys, especially the nonprecious ones, should be tested for compatability with different investments before asserting their qualities or lack of qualities for clinical use.

Dental Alloys↗
PubMed1981

Type III gold alloy complete crowns cast in a phosphate-bonded investment.

A phosphate-bonded investment and a calcium sulphate-bonded investment were evaluated for the surface smoothness and marginal fit they impart to type III gold castings. The phosphate-bonded investment was used with burnout temperatures of 900 degrees F and 1,300 degrees F. The results of this study lead to the following conclusions: 1. The marginal fit with the phosphate-bonded investment method was superior to that obtained with the calcium sulphate-bonded investment. 2. Surface roughness was greater for the castings made with the phosphate-bonded investment when measured with SEM photographs and visual observation. 3. The phosphate bonded-investment increased the incidence of nodules on the surface of the castings. 4. No correlation was demonstrated between marginal fit and surface roughness or the incidence of nodules on the castings.

Calcium Sulfate↗
PubMed1991

Dimensional changes in casting titanium removable partial denture frameworks.

The difficulties encountered in casting titanium and its alloys have until recently hindered any widespread use of titanium in restorative dentistry. Now both equipment and materials are available for the routine use of titanium in the dental laboratory. This study used one of the casting systems and examined dimensional changes that occur during the construction of a removable partial denture framework. Nineteen castings were measured for horizontal and vertical plane changes. Results show these castings to have cross arch contraction, vertical plane expansion, and near neutral anterio-posterior change. It seems that pure titanium is within the range of dimension changes generally accepted for base metal removable partial denture alloys of the nickel-chromium variety.

Dental Casting Investment↗
PubMed1982

A modified phosphate-bonded casting investment.

An experimental phosphate-bonded casting investment with negligible setting expansion and a thermal expansion of 1.6%, sufficient to compensate for the solid thermal shrinkage of conventional dental gold alloys and high-precious alloys for the porcelain fused to metal technique, is described. When used in a ringless casting technique the investment makes it possible to produce cast restorations with a consistent slidefit. In combination with a die spacer technique the new investment make if possible routinely to produce cast restorations with a consistent and known degree of loosefit.

Chemical Phenomena↗
PubMed1990

Studies on the castability of Co-Cr alloy for cast plates. Part 2: Effect of form of sprue attachment to the wax pattern.

Co-Cr alloy is used more frequently than Ni-Cr alloy as a non-precious alloy for cast plates in Japan. However, since the melting point of Co-Cr alloy is very high, about 1300 degrees C, and since it oxidizes easily, a vacuum-pressure casting machine capable of melting this alloy in a reducing atmosphere has recently been developed. Using this vacuum-pressure casting machine, the authors studied the effects on the castability of Co-Cr alloy due to the form of sprue attachment to the wax pattern. The results clarified that in the vacuum-pressure casting method, the form of sprue attachment to the wax pattern has a significant effect (p less than 0.01) on the castability of Co-Cr alloy.

Chromium Alloys↗
PubMed1994

Effects of rapid burnout type gypsum-bonded investment on performance of castings. Part 1. Surface aspects and fit of crowns.

Rapid burnout type gypsum-bonded investment materials were developed to shorten the time required for dental casting procedures. With these materials, molds can be prepared by rapid heating at 700 degrees C for 30 min from 30 min after the start of mixing. When the investment block was rapidly heated at 700 degrees C, no fractures were observed in the rapid burnout type investments with one exception, while a conventional cristobalite investment broke into pieces shortly after being placed in the furnace. Casting fins were sometimes induced only for the material which showed fracturing on rapid heating. No practical problems were found in the surface roughness of the castings. The 30 min-setting expansion was significantly different among the materials although there were no differences in thermal expansion, and the material showing greater 30 min-setting expansion was efficient to obtain better fit of the crown as in the conventional casting procedures.

Calcium Sulfate↗
PubMed2000

Cast posts that fit at first try.

The following article describes a procedure that permits the retention of a cast post that will fit passively in the canal at first try. By means of an indirect method, an elastic cast was poured in the master impression and an exact duplicate of the future dowel was formed with self-curing acrylic resin. A stone cast made from a second pour of the impression was then used to adjust the pattern in the laboratory. Posts made with the use of this system routinely sit passively in the root canal without the need of adjustments at the chair. The interval employed in obtaining and adjusting an acrylic resin pattern mentioned in the above way represents less time and effort than trying to make a cast fit in the canal, especially in the case of patients who require multiple posts in the same arch.

Acrylic Resins↗
PubMed1998

[Surface treatments for dental titanium castings].

Because pure titanium is highly reactive at high temperature, its casting surface is easily coated with a thick contaminated layer that affects its physical and chemical properties, and consequently a stable superficial oxide membrane develops in the presence of air or water even at room temperature, which makes the surface discolored. Therefore, surface treatments for pure titanium castings are more important than those for other dental alloy castings. This article reviews the methods of surface treatments for dental titanium castings in four aspects: physical finishing, chemical finishing, electro-chemical finishing and surface modification technology.

Dental Casting Investment↗
PubMed1990

[Development of dental quick casting with zircon-phosphoric acid investments].

The application of zircon (ZrSiO4) that has high refractoriness, high thermal conductivity and a low coefficient of thermal expansion, to quick casting investment was studied. Various zircon powders and phosphoric acid solutions were tested with respect to the higher thermal shock resistance. The formulation and properties of zircon-phosphoric acid investment materials such as water/powder ratio, fluidity of slurry, setting time, setting expansion, thermal expansion, thermal analysis, green and fired compressive strength were measured. Formulation of zircon slurry for coating was zircon flower #600 30%, zircon flower #350 10%, and zircon sand CP 60%, and that for sanding was zircon flower #200. The mixing liquid was 15% phosphoric acid and liquid/powder ratio was 0.1. The slurry using phosphoric acid had good fluidity and good workability. The 24-hour green strength was 1 MPa, fired strength was 10 MPa, 24-hour setting expansion was -0.04% and the thermal expansion at 1000 degrees C was 0.31%. Immediately after coating with zircon slurry, the coating layer was dried, sintered and dewaxed by thermal shock. The thermal shock consisted of the following four-step manipulations. The first is hot air drying (50 degrees C, 5 minutes), the second is heat shock (900 degrees C, 3 seconds), the third is redrying (220 degrees C, 3 minutes) and the fourth is dewaxing (550 degrees C, 3 minutes). Small casting of pure titanium and K-metal could be done successfully by the quick casting method using the zircon-phosphoric acid investments. It was found that the total expansion of the secondary investments influenced the casting adapatability.

Dental Casting Investment↗
PubMed1997

[Investigation of castability and layered structure on margin of titanium cast crown].

Previous studies on dental applications of pure titanium were mainly focused on its mechanical properties rather than its clinical aspects. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the margin castability and mechanical properties of C. P. titanium for better understanding of its suitability for clinical application. To simulate the crown margins, flat wax patterns, which had two different margin thicknesses, i.e., 20 and 40 degrees sharp edges respectively, were used. These patterns were cast using two casting systems, centrifugal and pressure systems. There were statistically significant differences between the samples made from the two types of patterns in terms of cast deficiency at the margins observed with a light microscope and the increased length of the margins measured with a video micrometer, but not between the samples made with the two different systems. Both the thickness of layered structures measured by a metallurgical light microscope and the micro-hardness by a Dynamic Hardness Tester were lowest at the apex of the margins in all samples. These observations were more evident among 20 degree samples than 40 degree samples. The layered structures were different among the casting systems. In conclusion, pure titanium is suitable for clinical application as restorative material when used appropriately.

Crowns↗
PubMed1998

Evidence for a unique elastic sheath surrounding the vesicular arteries of the rabbit urinary bladder--studies of the microvasculature with microscopy and vascular corrosion casting.

Because the urinary bladder stores and releases urine, its normal function includes filling and emptying, accompanied by distension and relaxation. It is known that chronic distension compromises blood flow. Recent studies of the rabbit bladder vasculature have described specializations of that vasculature that appear to enhance blood flow in the bladder wall during distension. The present report describes the location, orientation, and structure of an elastic sheath surrounding the vesicular arteries, which may represent one of these specializations. The location, vasculature, and structure of an accessory elastic sheath surrounding the vesicular arteries of the rabbit bladder is described using light and electron microscopy, India ink injection, and vascular corrosion casting. The common iliac arteries of rabbits were cannulated to permit perfusion of the distal vasculature including the urinary bladder. After the bladder vasculature was visually cleared of blood by perfusion with buffered saline, one of the following procedures was used: 1) for light or electron microscopy, the bladder was perfuse-fixed with buffered 2% glutaraldehyde; 2) the bladder vasculature was filled with India ink for vessel tracing; or 3) corrosion casts of the bladder vasculature were prepared by infusion of a Mercox resin mixture. Casts, cleaned of tissue with KOH, and water and formic acid rinses, are dried, and mounted for routine scanning electron microscopy. The presence of an accessory sheath surrounding the main vesicular arteries and some of their branches in the basal two thirds of the urinary bladder was observed on India ink injected specimens and confirmed by micrographs and vascular corrosion casts. The sheath consists of elastic and collagenous fibers and is separated from the tunica media of the arteries by a loose connective tissue layer of variable width. The sheath is circumscribed by a layer of fine blood vessels. The vesicular arteries undulate within the sheath to an extent which is dependent upon the degree of distension of the bladder. This sheath likely represents a specialization which permits the bladder vasculature to accommodate expansion and contraction of the wall during normal filling and emptying. Undulations or coiling of the vesicular arteries within the loose connective tissue core of the sheath increase with bladder contraction, and apparently the sheath simply holds the artery in position during such coiling. The sheath, may represent a modification of the external elastic lamina found in some muscular arteries.

Animal Structures↗
PubMed1996

Vascular regression during amphibian metamorphosis--a scanning electron microscope study of vascular corrosion casts of the ventral velum in tadpoles of Xenopus laevis Daudin.

We used scanning electron microscopy and vascular casting to study gross arterial supply, venous drainage, and microvascular patterns of the fully developed ventral velum of tadpoles of Xenopus laevis Daudin and analyzed changes of the velar vascular bed from prometamorphosis to metamorphic climax in a qualitative and quantitative manner. The multilayered, highly secretory ventral velum is supplied bilaterally by an anterior and a posterior velar artery, branches of the external carotid artery. Velar arterioles branch mainly dichotomously and form a flat two-dimensional capillary meshwork overlying the tops of filterplates I-IV. Thymopharyngeal veins, dorsal branches of the filter plates veins, and the internal jugular veins drain the velum toward the venous sinus of the heart. Location, architecture, and the drainage of the velar microvascular bed into the venous sinus make a significant contribution of the velar capillaries to gas exchange unlikely. Instead, velar capillaries rather serve the nutrition of the secretory epithelium. The overall morphology of velar vessels from prometamorphosis to metamorphic climax--deduced from vascular corrosion casts--points to atonic vessels with increased leakage indicated by adhering globular extravasations, and to obstructed or blind ending vessels evidenced by the tapered and/or rounded blind ending cast vessels. The significant decrease in the size of the ventral velum during the metamorphic cycle was paralleled by a miniaturization of the velar vascular bed. We hypothetize that this miniaturization occurs by a shortening and fusion of capillary mesh elements. Our findings in corrosion casts, particularly the miniaturization of the velar microvascular bed and the morphology of the regressing capillaries, point to profound morphologic and ultrastructural changes in velar vessels; a study on the fine structure of the microvascular bed of the ventral velum in metamorphic tadpoles is in progress.

Analysis of Variance↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Tracers in vascular casting resins enhance backscattering brightness.

Studying cast microvasculature with scanning electron microscopy has expanded our knowledge of many circulations, but need arises to determine the blood source of vascular beds that are supplied by two circulations. One way to do this is to mark the casting resin by adding a tracer compound that can be detected in the scanning electron microscope. A potential method of distinguishing different substances is to detect the backscattered electrons that are emitted from the tracer if the tracer is a heavier element, because heavier elements backscatter more electrons. To explore different tracers, we tested lead, titanium, iron, osmium, and uranium as solutions of different polarity and powders. The tracers were added to 1 ml of methyl methacrylate in log concentrations. Shrinkage, hardness, cast quality, and change in brightness from the tracer were compared with multivariate analysis at scanning electron microscopic working distances of 15 and 39 mm on carbon-coated and uncoated specimens. Several concentrations caused sedimentation of the tracer and prevented the resin from solidifying. Tetraethyl lead shortened the hardening time: uranyl acetate and osmium tetroxide prolonged it. Most tracers decreased shrinkage. When lead citrate and Reynolds solutions were removed, the brightness correlated with increasing atomic number, concentration of the tracer, and mean atomic number of the specimen (p <0.0001). The substances that increased contrast most were tetraethyl lead and uranium. Backscattering electron detection can distinguish methacrylate casts that have small amounts of heavier elements added to them, but an optimal tracer has not yet been established.

Animals↗
PubMed1979

Vascular casting. A new method for the study of the arterial endothelium.

Vascular casts of the rat aorta were made using modified Batson's No. 17 anatomical corrosion compound. The outline of the silver-stained endothelial cell boundaries were clearly visible on the cast when examined using both scanning electron and light microscopy. The physical properties of the injectate were determined. The exothermic nature of the polymerization of the injectate did not grossly damage the endothelial cells. A method was developed for recovery, without damage, of the arterial tissue surrounding the cast. The technique of vascular casting appears to be a powerful tool for the study of the arterial endothelium which avoids shrinkage artifacts and maintains 3-dimensional geometry.

Animals↗
PubMed1976

Evaluating refractory cast wax-ups for removable partial dentures.

A review of the waxed refractory cast and blocked-out master cast by the dentist is an effective method for controlling the quality of framework castings. Major errors in wax-ups have been shown to occur frequently, but they are corrected easily if detected prior to casting. This critique can be incorporated readily into the private practice of dentistry.

Denture Design↗
PubMed1988

Effects of cooling methods on silver-palladium castings.

Cast metal specimens for three ceramic metals were subjected to two different types of cooling procedures after casting. One method involved the rapid cooling of the casting as soon as the red glow of the button disappeared. The other method allowed the castings to bench cool to room temperature. Hardness, bond strength, and microstructural determinations lead to the following conclusions. 1. Vickers hardness values for W-1 and Rx-91 alloys for each cooling regimen were not significantly different. Statistically higher hardness values were obtained for the quenched specimens of JP-5 alloys compared with the bench-cooled specimens. 2. Cooling of W-1 and JP-5 alloy specimens by quenching resulted in higher bond strengths than for specimens that were bench-cooled to room temperature. However, bench-cooling Rx-91 alloy lead to higher bond strengths than did quenching. 3. For all of the alloys examined, quenching produced a smaller grain structure than did bench-cooling. 4. From the standpoint of the parameters tested and the saving of processing time, quenching of the silver-palladium ceramic alloys examined is the cooling procedure of choice for W-1 and JP-5 alloys.

Dental Alloys↗
PubMed1989

Accurately positioning a duplicate cast on the surveying table.

The path of insertion must be registered in such a way that it can be easily transmitted to the dental technician who then should also be able to transfer the original information from the master cast directly to any necessary duplicate casts. A system is presented that fulfills these requirements by means of simple tridimensional markings on the master cast, easily reproducible, and whose accuracy is not affected by the volumetric changes of duplicating and/or cast materials.

Dental Casting Technique↗