Clinical observation of the marginal and internal fit of titanium crowns fabricated by a selective laser mel-ting technology / 实用口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To compare the marginal and internal fit of selective laser melting(SLM)titanium crowns with lost-wax cast (LW)titanium crowns.Methods:Titanium crowns of 10 subjects were fabricated by SLM and conventional LW respectively(n =10).The marginal and internal gaps of the crowns were recorded with silicon film using a replica technique.Each silicon film was cut into 2 parts and the thickness of silicon layer was measured at ×100 magnification using a stereomicroscope,the data of marginal gap (MG)and internal gap(IG)were statistically analysed by ANOVA and SPSS statistical package version 17.0.Results:The MG (μm)of the titanium crowns of SLMgroup and LMgroup were 90.67 ±14.7 and 94.77 ±21.9(P 0.05),respectively.Conclusion:The marginal fit of the SLMcrowns is better than that of the LW ones,and is significantly smaller than 120 μm of the clinical generally accepted standards.