5 restorative materials you place in cavities
3 main disadvantages of restorative materials
May not make intimate contact with the tooth surface (especially dentine)
- Any gap may allow ingress of fluids and bacteria
Common problem - spaces
Heat released during setting/curing e.g. composite (detrimental to pulp)
Release of chemicals
- These may be pulpal irritants and lead to pain or pulpal damage
how to resolve problems caused by restorative materials which may cause pulpal damage?
A lining material
Less need for them as more composite used rather than amalgam
cavity base
Thick mix placed in bulk base is a thick lining
- Thick layer for insulation
Dentine replacement used to minimise the bulk of the material or block out undercuts
More common in metal restorations (direct or indirect) gold, silver amalgam
cavity lining
Thin coating (<0.5mm) over EXPOSED Dentine - Sealing tubules
Van Noort ‘a dentine sealer able to promote the health of the pulp by adhering to the tooth structure or by an anti-bacterial action’ (glass ionomer does to a certain extent)
3 purposes of liners
Pulpal Protection
Therapeutic.
- To calm down inflammation within the pulp and promote pulpal healing. Prior to or at the time of a permanent restoration being placed. Reduce pain
Palliative.
- To reduce patient symptoms prior to definitive treatment being carried out. Most commonly in patients with reversible pulpitis. (More insulative before placing final restoration)
liners are pulpal protection from:
key properties needed of lining materials
why linings need to be easy to use?
ideal thermal conductivity of cavity liners
ideally should be low
- want poor to protect the pulp same
How well heat energy is transferred through a material –
Heat flow through a cylinder of unit cross-sectional area and unit length, with a temperature difference of 1oC between the ends
- Units are W/m-1/oC-1
Denture base should be high - want patient to feel heat of food, want good
Restorative material should be low
Cavity lining as low as possible - want poor to protect the pulp same
desired thermal expansion coefficient of dentine
Ideally a liner should match the thermal coefficient of tooth - desired
thermal expansion
Change in length per unit length for a temperature rise of 1oC
- Units are ppmoC-1
desired thermal diffusivity of liner
Ideally at least as low as tooth – want as low as possible
All commercially available liners have similar or lower thermal diffusivity than tooth enamel.
- Amalgam is 1.7cm2/sec (500x more than dentine, if have no lining can make you jump)
compressive strength of liner
high
- To allow placement of filling without it breaking – higher the better
Dentine is around 275MPa
elastic modulas of liner
similar to dentine
- Around 15GPa
As tooth bends and flexes want lining to be same
- Otherwise stresses build, cracks and failures
should liners be radiopaque?
yes
- Should be easy to see the difference between lining and tooth. This makes it easier to see the if there is any leakage or secondary caries
If radiolucent will look like caries - unable to tell difference (used to be case)
marginal seal of liner
Ideally the lining should form a chemical bond to dentine. This bond should be permanent and impenetrable.
solubility of liner
low
cariostatic of liner
Fluoride releasing and/or Antibacterial
This is important in preventing secondary caries around the restoration
should liners be biocompatible?
Not damaging to the pulp
Low thermal conductivity
4 types of liner
2 brands of setting calcium hydroxide
life
dycal
constituents in the base of setting calcium hydroxide
catalyst in setting calcium hydroxide