Research Article

Physical Properties and Color Stainability by Coffee and Red Wine of Opaque and High Translucency Zirconia Dental Ceramics after Hydrothermal Degradation

Table 3

Percentage of crystalline phases of zirconia before and after low-temperature hydrothermal degradation in oral mouthwash sodium fluoride solution without alcohol (LTHD-F), oral mouthwash sodium fluoride solution with alcohol (LTHD-FA), and saline solution (LTHD-SS).

Experimental conditionCrystalline phases (wt. %)ZrOpZrTrans

Sintered (control group)m-ZrO2 (Monoclinic)
t-ZrO2 (Tetragonal)10036.0
c- ZrO2 (cubic)64.0

LTHD-Fm-ZrO2 (Monoclinic)30,8
t-ZrO2 (Tetragonal)69,235.0
c- ZrO2 (cubic)65.0

LTHD-FAm-ZrO2 (Monoclinic)21,0
t-ZrO2 (Tetragonal)79,035,2
c- ZrO2 (cubic)64,8

LTHD-SSm-ZrO2 (Monoclinic)27,3
t-ZrO2 (Tetragonal)72,736,0
c- ZrO2 (cubic)64,0