Avaliação das propriedades flexurais de pinos de fibra odontológicos

Abstract

The present study aims to assess the flexural strengths (S) and flexural moduli (E) of 3 commercial fiber post brands. An additional aim is to test the effect of the distance between supports/post diameter ratio on the properties of a commercial brand with the 3-point bending test. The following groups were studied: quartz fiber posts (Group 1); carbon fiber posts (Group 2); and fiberglass posts (Groups 3 and 4). The tests were conducted on an INSTRON 5565® universal testing machine according to the specifications of the ASTM D2344/D2344M standard. The following results were obtained from the tests: the S values were 884.32±45.38C MPa, 567.47±36.03A, 575.98±44.70A MPa and 719.19±75.82B MPa for Groups 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively, and the E values were15.48±1.72B GPa, 9.44 GPa±1.18A GPa, 8.83±2.33A GPa and 17.20±2.67B GPa for Groups 1, 2, 3 and4, respectively. We conclude that, under the same test standard, quartz fiber posts have better properties than carbon fiber and fiberglass posts. Additionally, the fiberglass post group with the lower distance between supports/post diameter ratio had a greater maximum load, less flexural strength and a lower flexural modulus than the fiberglass post group with a higher ratio