Effect of artificially accelerated aging on margin fit and color stability of laminate veneers

Abstract

This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, for any purpose, even commercially, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. How to cite this article: Hamza TA, Al-Baili MA, Abdel-Aziz MH. Effect of artificially accelerated aging on margin fit and color stability of laminate veneers. Stomatological Dis Sci 2018;2:1. http://dx. Abstract Aim: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effect of artificially accelerated aging on marginal fit and color stability of three CAD/CAM materials used to fabricate laminate veneers. Methods: A typodont maxillary central incisor tooth was prepared to receive a ceramic veneer, then duplicated to create 15 epoxy resin teeth equally divided into three groups according to the ceramic used to fabricate laminate veneers. Three groups were established: Group (N) nano-hybrid ceramic (Lava™ Ultimate; 3M ESPE); Group (L) CAD/CAM lithium disilicate glass ceramic block (IPS e.max ® CAD; Ivoclar Vivadent); and Group (F) leucite-reinforced glass ceramic block (IPS Empress ® CAD; Ivoclar Vivadent). All of the specimens were subjected to artificial aging using a weathering process in a Weather-O-meter for 300 h. Margin fit and color measurements were carried out before and after artificial aging of the laminates. Results: The results for the marginal fit revealed that there was no statistically significant difference between the mean marginal gap distance of the aged and non-aged specimens in the nano-hybrid ceramic. However, lithium disilicate glass ceramic and leucite-reinforced glass ceramic blocks showed a statistically significant change in the marginal gap. For color measurement, Lava™ Ultimate demonstrated a significant decrease in (a*) value while the (L*) and (b*) values did not show a statistically significant change. Conclusion: Within the limitation of this study, it can be concluded that aging the nano-hybrid ceramic had a superior marginal fit and inferior color stability.