Optimum Sliding Wear Parameters for Minimum Volumetric Wear of Silica Filled Resin Based Dental Composites

Authors Bhanu Pratap1, Ravi Kant Gupta1, Meetu Nag2
Affiliations

1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

2Department of Electrical Engineering, Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Е-mail ravikant.gupta@jaipur.manipal.edu
Issue Volume 13, Year 2021, Number 3
Dates Received 11 January 2021; revised manuscript received 15 June 2021; published online 25 June 2021
Citation Bhanu Pratap, Ravi Kant Gupta, Meetu Nag, J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 13 No 3, 03039 (2021)
DOI https://doi.org/10.21272/jnep.13(3).03039
PACS Number(s) 82.35.Lr
Keywords Dental composite, Silica (5) , Filler content, Taguchi, Volumetric wear.
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In this study, BisGMA and TEGDMA as monomers were used to fabricate dental composites. Camphorquinone was used for photopolymerization using LED light curing unit. To prepare filled resin based dental composites, different wt. % (5, 10, 15, and 20) of nanosilica were used. Unfilled and filled samples were prepared to test for volumetric wear. To access the effect of filler content, normal load, sliding velocity and number of cycles using L25 orthogonal array, wear tests were performed on pinondisc apparatus using different levels of process parameters. Using Taguchi methodology and ANOVA, volumetric wear is analyzed, and it is revealed that the filler content is the most significant parameter which affects volumetric wear of nanosilica filled dental composites.

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