Shanghai Journal of Stomatology ›› 2020, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (2): 133-137.doi: 10.19439/j.sjos.2020.02.005

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Effect of porcelain thickness and substrate on optical properties of porcelain veneers for tetracycline stained teeth

QIAN Hui-fen1,2, LIN Jia-ru1, LIN Yun-hong2, WANG Wei-qi1, LI Xing-xing1,2   

  1. 1.Research Institute of Stomatology, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Kunming Medical University. Kunming 650100;
    2.Department of Prosthodontics, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Kunming Medical University. Kunming 650100, Yunnan Province, China
  • Received:2019-02-27 Revised:2019-05-23 Online:2020-04-25 Published:2020-04-30

Abstract: PURPOSE: To analyze the effect of porcelain layer thicknesses and substrates on color properties and translucency of IPS e.max LT porcelain laminate veneers used to restore tetracycline stained teeth. METHODS: Porcelain specimens with different core and veneer thickness (veneer/core thickness: 0.25 mm/0.25 mm, 0.50 mm/0.25 mm, 0.25 mm/0.50 mm, 0.50 mm/0.50 mm, and 0.25 mm/0.75 mm) were fabricated by heat-press layering technique. CIE L*a*b* parameters were measured under simulated tetracycline backgrounds and black and white backgrounds by a spectrophotometer, color differences ΔE001 between specimens on simulated tetracycline backgrounds and backgrounds themselves and ΔE002 between specimens on simulated tetracycline backgrounds and white background were calculated. The translucent parameter(TP) was also calculated. The data were submitted to statistical analysis with SPSS 17.0 software package. RESULTS: ΔE001 increased with increase of thickness of the core and veneer layer, but there was no significant difference between 0.25 mm and 0.50 mm core thickness groups with 0.50 mm veneer in thickness (P>0.01). Except for light grey, ΔE002 decreased over other substrates with increase of thickness of the core and veneer layer, but there was no significant difference between 0.50 mm and 0.75 mm core thickness groups with 0.25 mm veneer in thickness (P>0.01). Both ΔE001 and ΔE002 were significantly different over different substrates(P<0.01). TP decreased as the increase of core and veneer thickness and TP was significantly different with different core and veneer thickness(P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Both the core/veneer thickness and the substrate have significant influence on color matching and masking ability of IPS e.max LT porcelain laminate veneers used to restore tetracycline stained teeth. As for IPS e.max LT porcelain veneers, the color property was the best when yellowish tetracycline stained teeth were restored, while the light grey was worst. The thickness of core and veneer has significant influence on the translucency of porcelain laminate veneers.

Key words: Porcelain laminate veneer, Tetracycline stained teeth, Color, Translucency, Thickness

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