Silica coatings formed on noble dental casting alloy by the sol-gel dipping process
✍ Scribed by Yoshida, Keiichi ;Tanagawa, Mika ;Kamada, Kohji ;Hatada, Ruriko ;Baba, Koumei ;Inoi, Takeshi ;Atsuta, Mitsuru
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 396 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9304
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✦ Synopsis
The sol-gel dipping process, in which liquid silicon alkoxide is transformed into the solid silicon-oxygen network, can produce a thin film coating of silica (SiO 2 ). The features of this method are high homogeneity and purity of the thin SiO 2 film and a low sinter temperature, which are important in preparation of coating films that can protect from metallic ion release from the metal substrate and prevent attachment of dental plaque. We evaluated the surface characteristics of the dental casting silver-palladium-coppergold (Ag-Pd-Cu-Au) alloy coated with a thin SiO 2 film by the sol-gel dipping process. The SiO 2 film bonded strongly (over 40 MPa) to Ti-implanted Ag-Pd-Cu-Au alloy substrate as demonstrated by a pull test. Hydrophobilization of Tiimplanted/SiO 2 -coated surfaces resulted in a significant increase of the contact angle of water (80.5°) compared with that of the noncoated alloy specimens (59.3°). Ti-implanted/ SiO 2 -coated specimens showed the release of many fewer metallic ions (192 ppb/cm 2 ) from the substrate than did noncoated specimens (2,089 ppb/cm 2 ). The formation of a thin SiO 2 film by the sol-gel dipping process on the surface of Ti-implanted Ag-Pd-Cu-Au alloy after casting clinically may be useful for minimizing the possibilities of the accumulation of dental plaque and metal allergies caused by intraoral metal restorations.