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The Effect of Drag Finishing on Additively Manufactured Customized Dental Crowns

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Pubblicato in:Metals vol. 15, no. 5 (2025), p. 471
Autore principale: Cosma Cosmin
Altri autori: Melichar, Martin, Libu Stelian, Popan Alexandru, Glad, Contiu, Teusan Cristina, Berce Petru, Balc Nicolae
Pubblicazione:
MDPI AG
Soggetti:
Germany
Software
Raw materials
Transplants & implants
Prostheses
Powder beds
Lasers
Dental crowns
Laser applications
Heat treatment
Deviation
Dental materials
Stainless steel
Surface roughness
Bond strength
Chemical composition
Alloys
Dimensional analysis
Customization
Surface layers
Additive manufacturing
Drag
Scanning electron microscopy
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Abstract:Cobalt–chromium (CoCr) alloys are frequently used to produce customized dental applications such as crowns, bridges, or prostheses. These medical products have anatomical forms, and can be effectively manufactured using the laser-based powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M) technique. A major disadvantage of this approach is the extended time required to refine the resultant surface. The purpose of this research is to reduce the surface roughness of PBF-LB/M/CoCr dental crowns by adopting drag finishing (DF) technology. To evaluate the impact of this automatic post-processing, surface roughness measurements and geometrical investigations were undertaken. The microstructure was characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the chemical composition was verified by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDAX). On outside surfaces, the DF post-processing decreased the initial surface roughness by 70–90%. The dental crown’s surface roughness value after DF post-processing was comparable to that of the basic form (cylinder). The lowest roughness was obtained with DF3 post-processing (Ra~0.60 μm). The inner surfaces were limitedly finished. The 3D surface texture showed that the DF method reduced the height of peaks, uniformizing the surfaces. CMM work compared the deviations between the virtual model and the printed samples before and after DF post-processing. This analysis revealed that dimensional deviations were reduced on the outside crown walls, ranging from +0.01 to +0.05 mm. The laser parameters and the heat treatment applied increased the hardness of CoCr crowns to 520 HV, but the proper DF conditions identified reduced the surface roughness and improved the accuracy.
ISSN:2075-4701
DOI:10.3390/met15050471
Fonte:Materials Science Database