Analise de falhas de instrumentos endodonticos rotatorios de Ni-Ti em odontologia / Failure analysis of rotary endodontic instruments of Ni-Ti in dentistry

AUTOR(ES)

Fabiano Costa Almeida

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

Rotary endodontic instruments of Ni-Ti (rotary files) are used in order to prepare endodontic dental conducts and show memory shape, high flexibility, and different designs. Although these characteristics, when used in endodontics clinic, sometimes occur fracture inside the conduct of the tooth and, as a result of that, low life, high cost, and iatrogen. The propose of this study is to realize a failure analysis of two different endodontic files, ProTaper® and ProFile®, of Ni-Ti, from the same maker and different shapes, by using some files with failure in service, and fatigue test in files, without use, in rotating bend, to obtain references in terms of micromechanisms of fracture. Were realized chemical analysis, by spectrometry of X-Ray fluorescence and X-Ray diffration, metallograthy, by optical microscopy, and fratographic, by scanning electron microscopy, and microhardness and fatigue tests, in the two types of files, ProTaper and ProFile. The results show the chemical composition of the two files are the same, with 58% of nickel and 42% of titanium, in weight, and was possible to identify, by metallography, two phases, Ti2Ni (secondary phase) and TiNi (matrix). The median levels of microhardness were 344HV1, for the ProTaper® file, and 330HV1, for the ProFile® file. It was possible to identify, by scanning electron microscopy, two different regions on the fracture surface of the files, for fracture from service and from the fatigue tests, one correspondent to the fatigue zone, and another, the final fracture, show dimples. It was possible to conclude that the failure of the analyzed files was by fatigue

ASSUNTO(S)

metalurgia odontologica endodontic files endodontia nickel-titanium alloys rotary endodontic instruments ligas de niquel-titanio memory shape alloys canal radicular - tratamento

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