Effect of various treatment and glazing (coating) techniques on the roughness and wettability of ceramic dental restorative surfaces
Articles > Article · 2006
Authors: Mustafa Gökhan AKSOY, Hürriyet Polat, Mehmet Polat, G. Coskun
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2006, vol 53, pp 254-259
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2006.09.016
Summary
Surface treatment procedures such as grinding and polishing are needed to provide the ceramic dental restorative materials with proper fitting and occlusion. The treated surfaces are customarily glazed to improve the strength and smoothness. Though smoothness and wetting of the dental surfaces are important to minimize bacteria] plaque retention, influence of the surface treatment and glazing procedures on the final surface roughness and its correlation to wettability are overlooked.