Ageing of Zirconia Dedicated to Dental Prostheses for Bruxers Part 2: Influence of Heat Treatment for Surface Morphology, Phase Composition and Mechanical Properties
Abstract Purpose: This part of the study focuses on the influence of zirconia heat treatment for surface morphology, phase composition and mechanical properties Methods: Zirconia samples was prepared with ISO 13356:2013 and ISO 14704:2008 recommendations. X-ray diffraction, observations (SEM) and (AFM), microhardness (Olivera & Phara method), and static bending test (4PBT) were taken. Results: characterization of YSZ and high temperature heat treatment has clearly shown that the aging process influences the change in phase composition of the material, significantly worsening the topography. In turn, re-treatment of the high temperature made after the artificial aging process results in reverse transformation of the desired tetragonal phase, but does not affect the improvement of surface morphology. Conclusions: The research made it possible to assess the negative impact of the zirconium oxide aging simulation process. Because of the failure to achieve the intended results, it was also proved that the high-temperature re-processing was not appropriate.