Caracterização de um silicone de adição experimental contendo diferentes partículas de reforço

Abstract

Addition silicones or polyvinylsiloxanes are elastomeric impression materials characterized mainly by printing accuracy in terms of detail reproduction and dimensional accuracy, essential pre-requisites for a good impression and consequently a good indirect restoration. So, the aim of the study was to evaluate qualitatively the incorporation of different filler particles on an experimental polyvinylsiloxane (VPS) at two different concentrations, 20% and 40%. An experimental VPS was developed, and on this were deposited different kinds of filler particles. The deposit method was based on adding filler particles onto a VPS matrix to improve physical and mechanical properties. For this, the study was developed in three stages: (i) preparation of an experimental VPS; (ii) filler particle incorporation in different concentrations, (a) 20% filler particle and (b) 40% filler particle; (iii) silicone characterization through analysis of strength tensile, detail reproduction, shore A hardness, elastic recovery and SEM. The results show that AE 40% and PAH 40% had copy ability hampered by high viscosity, and they present the highest shore A hardness and strength tensile values. The elastic recovery was not statistically significant. Therefore, characteristics such as morphology, particle size and amount of filler particles in a VPS matrix are responsible for characterizing the properties of the material.