Sliding behavior of zirconia porous implant surfaces against bone

T. A. Dantas*, S. Roedel, J. Mesquita-Guimarães*, P. Pinto, J. C. M. Souza, M. C. Fredel, F. S. Silva, B. Henriques*

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Abstract

Different zirconia porous layers were produced on zirconia dense zirconia substrates byslip casting using powder with different mean sizes: 40 μm (Z40), 70 μm (Z70), and 100 μm (Z100). The dynamic and staticco efficients of friction against bovine femoral bone, mimicking the implantation process, were conducted using a ball-on-flat reciprocating sliding tribometer under 3 N of normal load. Additionally, the porous layers were assessed with regard to their low temperature degradation (aging). Results revealed that the porous layers were able to keep their integrity during thesliding testes against bone, with no zirconia particles being transferred to the bone. Results did not show significant differences (p > 0.05) in kineticand static COF values for Z40, Z70, Z100, and GRAD specimens, ranging from 0.53to 0.77 and 0.65 to 0.90, respectively. The aging tests revealed that all surfaces were prone to low temperature degradation (~49% of monoclinic content after 18 h). In conclusion, the cohesive integrity of the layers and relativelyhigh COF observed reveled that zirconia porous layers may be considered forreplacing the current implant surfaces, and are expected to improve their primary stability.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1113-1121
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials
Volume107
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Sept 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Biotribology
  • Bone
  • Gradient porosity
  • Low thermal degradation
  • Porous zirconia

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