Fabrication and physical properties of glass-fiber-reinforced thermoplastics for non-metal-clasp dentures
Fabrication and physical properties of glass-fiber-reinforced thermoplastics for non-metal-clasp dentures
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非金属卡环义齿用玻璃纤维增强热塑性塑料的制备和物理性能
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10.1002/jbm.b.33761
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2017
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Norihiro Nishiyama
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Manamu Nagakura;Yasuhiro Tanimoto;Norihiro Nishiyama
Recently, non‐metal‐clasp dentures (NMCDs) made from thermoplastic resins such as polyamide, polyester, polycarbonate, and polypropylene have been used as removable partial dentures (RPDs). However, the use of such RPDs can seriously affect various tissues because of their low rigidity. In this study, we fabricated high‐rigidity glass‐fiber‐reinforced thermoplastics (GFRTPs) for use in RPDs, and examined their physical properties such as apparent density, dynamic hardness, and flexural properties. GFRTPs made from E‐glass fibers and polypropylene were fabricated using an injection‐molding. The effects of the fiber content on the GFRTP properties were examined using glass‐fiber contents of 0, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 mass%. Commercially available denture base materials and NMCD materials were used as controls. The experimental densities of GFRTPs with various fiber contents agreed with the theoretical densities. Dynamic micro‐indentation tests confirmed that the fiber content does not affect the GFRTP surface properties such as dynamic hardness and elastic modulus, because most of the reinforcing glass fibers are embedded in the polypropylene. The flexural strength increased from 55.8 to 217.6 MPa with increasing glass–fiber content from 0 to 50 mass%. The flexural modulus increased from 1.75 to 7.42 GPa with increasing glass–fiber content from 0 to 50 mass%, that is, the flexural strength and modulus of GFRTP with a fiber content of 50 mass% were 3.9 and 4.2 times, respectively, those of unreinforced polypropylene. These results suggest that fiber reinforcement has beneficial effects, and GFRTPs can be used in NMCDs because their physical properties are better than those of controls. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater, 105B: 2254–2260, 2017.