Electrochemical and corrosion behavior of two chromium dental alloys in artificial bioenvironments

Abstract

Abstract. The purpose of this study is to compare the corrosion and tarnish behavior of NiCrMo and CoCrMo cast dental alloys in artificial bio environments. The cobalt chromium alloys are known and used in dentistry for many years, but its difficult machinability because of the strength and hardness, is an argument for scientists to study alternative materials with comparable biocompatibility. On the other hand, for dentistry devices beside corrosion behavior is important the aesthetic so, the used alloys have to preserve their shining and do not stain. The corrosion resistance has been evaluated using the Atomic mass spectroscopy method for ion release determination, the anodic polarization curves and the open circuit potential -time monitoring for corrosion behavior evaluation and optical microscopy for the structure analysis. The tarnish tendency of alloys was estimated using the method of cyclic immersion with frequency of 10 seconds for each minute during 72 hours in Na2S containing solution. The most important conclusion is that the alloys are comparable from corrosion and tarnish point of view, but we recommend to use the nickel base alloy only for orthodontic devices implanted for short periods of time, because of higher quantity of released ions.

Progression of Bio-Tribocorrosion in Implant Dentistry

“…After screening full texts, a total of 44 studies were included considering the tribocorrosion analyses for dental implants and frameworks applications. The characteristics of the 44 studies (Vieira et al, 2006;Banu et al, 2008;Richard et al, 2010;Souza et al, 2010aSouza et al, , 2012Sivakumar et al, 2011;Dimah et al, 2012;Mardare et al, 2012;Mathew et al, 2012a,b;Albayrak et al, 2013;Alves et al, 2013Alves et al, , 2014Alves et al, , 2017Alves et al, , 2018Benea et al, 2013Benea et al, , 2015Benea et al, , 2017Licausi et al, 2013a,b;Fazel et al, 2015;Figueiredo-Pina et al, 2015;Golvano et al, 2015;Oliveira et al, 2015;Buciumeanu et al, 2016Buciumeanu et al, , 2017Correa et al, 2016;Guinon Pina et al, 2016;Marques et al, 2016;Mindivan et al, 2016;Pontes et al, 2016;Sampaio et al, 2016b;Silva et al, 2016;Bryant and Neville, 2017;Danaila and Benea, 2017;Mindivan and Mindivan, 2018;Sikora et al, 2018;Trino et al, 2018;Wang et al, 2018;Branco et al, 2019;Corne et al, 2019;Cui et al, 2019a,b;…”