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Analysis of potential lubricants for in vitro wear testing

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Author(s):
Turssi, Cecilia P. ; Faraoni, Juliana J. ; Menezes, Márcio de ; Serra, Mônica Campos [4]
Total Authors: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: Dental Materials; v. 22, n. 1, p. 77-83, Jan. 2006.
Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Dentistry
Abstract

The main hypothesis tested in this study was that, over the experiment duration, the presence or absence of lubricants would provide to a composite similar wear rates to those observed under human saliva lubrication.Seventy specimens were tested for wear in the presence of human saliva, mucin-based artificial saliva, carboxymethylcellulose-containing saliva, deionized water or unlubricated. The present findings supported by studies on the lubricity ability of mucin-based artificial saliva, allowed to conclude that this preparation may be considered as a potential lubricant for in vitro wear test purposes. (AU)