PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to compare the translucency and color changes of ceramic laminate veneers of different composition following glazing process.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
10 mm × 10 mm square specimens of 0.6 mm and 1.0 mm thicknesses were fabricated with IPS e.max Press (EM) and IPS e.max ZirPress (ZP) (n=10 per group). The color coordinates (CIE L
*
a
*
b
*
) of the specimens were recorded with a colorimeter before and after glazing. The color changes and translucency parameter (TP) were calculated. For the comparisons with the composition and thicknesses between the ‘not glazed’ and ‘glazed’ groups, statistical analyses were done through paired T-test, independent two-sample T-test, and multiple regression analysis using SPSS 18.0 (
P
<.05).
RESULTS
The TP of 0.6 mm EM was higher than that of 0.6 mm ZP. Total color difference (ΔE
*
) between bare and glazed specimens of 1.0 mm EM was greater than that of 1.0 mm ZP with statistical significance. Following glazing, specimens from all groups showed statistically significant amount of decrease in L
*
and a
*
, and statistically significant increase in b
*
. The result of multiple regression analysis of EM and ZP showed that ΔL
*
improved ΔE
*
.
CONCLUSION
Within the limitations of present study, we conclude that translucency and color of ceramic laminate veneers change significantly after glazing process, and the nature and amount of changes vary with different compositions.
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