Journal
JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS
Volume 91, Issue -, Pages 164-173Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.12.009
Keywords
Dental implant; Ti6Al4V; Zirconia; Friction; Wear; Tribocorrosion
Funding
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [02/SAICT/2016/023940]
- CQE [UID/QUI/00100/2013]
- CeFEMA [UID/CTM/04540/2013]
- IDMEC [UID/EMS/50022/2019]
- CiiEM [UID/BIM/04585/2016]
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Loosening and fracture of implanted dental crowns is a consequence of relative micromovements between the zirconia abutment and the titanium alloy of the implant, in a biochemical aggressive environment. Thus, it is important to establish the in vitro tribological testing conditions that better mimics such environment. The present work aims to evaluate the effect of ball-on-plate tests configuration on the tribological behavior of ZrO2/Ti6Al4V pair in dry and lubricated conditions, using different lubricants: water, artificial saliva solution and human saliva. Ceramic balls sliding on metallic plates (TiPlate) and metallic balls sliding on ceramic plates (TiBall) were tested and the coefficient of friction (CoF) and wear response was monitored trough nanotribological tests. Open circuit potential was also measured during the tests carried out in saline solution (artificial saliva) to access the tribochemical response. The wear mechanisms were evaluated by scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy analysis. Relevant differences were found between the two configurations, with and without the presence of human saliva: TiPlate presented always a higher CoF than TiBall, which may have resulted from differences in the degradation and regeneration processes of the titanium passive film during sliding. TiBall demonstrated to be the best choice to reproduce the in vivo conditions, since the metallic surface contacts permanently with zirconia, impairing the titanium repassivation. Regarding the effect of the lubricants, it was observed that human saliva had a protective action of the surfaces, leading to the lowest CoF among the lubricants used (0.19 +/- 0.05 for TiBall and 0.35 +/- 0.08 for TiPlate) and neglectable wear.
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