Author(s)

Zeynep Yesil Duymus¹, Alper Ozdogan^2*, Hamza Ulu²

¹Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey.
²Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different acidic agents on surface roughness of feldspathic porcelain. Materials and Methods: In this study, totally 60 disc shaped Noritake and Ceramco 3 feldspathic porcelain were used. The samples were divided into five groups and immersed in five acidic agents (coke, orange juice, lemonade, mineral water and black-carrot juice). After 168 hours, the specimens were evaluated surface roughness with profilometer. Results: The results showed that the highest surface roughness value (4.46 ± 2.9 μm) was identified in lemonade at Noritake porcelain and the lowest surface roughness value (1.06 ± 0.56 μm) was identified in mineral water at Ceramco 3 porcelain. The result of two-way analysis of variance test showed that there were no statistically significant differences between acidic agents on surface roughness of feldspathic porcelain (p > 0.05). Conclusions: The obtained data presented that the acidic drinks affected the surface roughness of feldspathic porcelain.

Feldspathic Porcelain, Surface Roughness, Acidic Agents

Duymus, Z. , Ozdogan, A. and Ulu, H. (2016) Effect of Different Acidic Agents on Surface Roughness of Feldspathic Porcelain. Open Journal of Stomatology, 6, 90-95. doi: 10.4236/ojst.2016.63011.