Aging Effect on Structure, Hardness, Roughness Behavior and Bacterial Adhesion on Silver- Palladium Dental Alloy

Abstract

Aging in normal saliva for different interval times make a change in internal structure (Formed phases and started base line) of Sliver- Palladium (Ag-Pd) dental alloy. Also aging in saliva for one, two and three weeks decreased Vickers hardness value, calculated maximum shear stress (τm) and roughness parameters for Sliver- Palladium alloy. Microbiological studies show the Candida spp. stuck on Sliver- Palladium alloy surface and their growth dependent on aging times.