Avaliação da resistência ao arrancamento e do torque de remoção de um novo modelo de implante de zircônia

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess comparatively the primary stability and longevity of zirconia (Y-TZP) and titanium (Grade IV) implants after thermomechanical cyclic (CTF). Forty implants to each material were obtained, installed in artificial bone and separated into groups (n=10) according to the material, the conducting of thermomechanical cyclic and the test submitted: Titanium-G1 (removal torque); G2 (pullout test); G3 (CTF + removal torque); G4 (TCF + pullout test); Zirconia-G5 (removal torque); G6 (pullout test); G7 (CTF + removal torque); G8 (CTF + pullout test). The mechanical cyclic testing machine was programmed to apply a load of 133 N, frequency of 120 cycles per minute (2 Hz) and a total of 2,000,000 cycles in each specimen. The thermocycling was set with a temperature between 5°C, 37ºC and 55ºC. After the mechanical tests, the data were subjected to statistical analysis (2-way ANOVA, Bonferroni test, p <0,05) and the results showed statistically significant difference (p <0.05) between zirconia and titanium implants, regardless of treatment used, for both removal torque and pullout tests. Titanium implants showed higher removal torque and pullout strength, which was statistically significant (p <0,05) compared with zirconia implants. It was also found that the thermomechanical cyclic was only significant for pullout test when used titanium implants. It was concluded that primary stability of titanium implants is higher than zirconia implants and the thermomechanical cyclic was a significant factor only for the longevity of titanium implants.