Discoloration and dissolution of titanium and titanium alloys with immersion in peroxide- or fluoride-containing solutions

Dent Mater J. 2008 Jan;27(1):117-23. doi: 10.4012/dmj.27.117.

Abstract

This study compared differences in discoloration and dissolution in several titanium alloys with immersion in peroxide- or fluoride-containing solution. Commercially pure titanium (CP-Ti) and six titanium-based alloys were used: Ti-0.15Pd, Ti-6Al-4V, Ti-7Nb-6Al, Ti-55Ni, Ti-10Cu, and Ti-20Cr. Two test solutions were prepared for immersion of polished titanium and titanium alloys: one consisting of 0.2% NaF + 0.9% NaCl (pH 3.8 with lactic acid) and the other of 0.1 mol/l H2O2 + 0.9% NaCl (pH 5.5). Following immersion, color changes were determined with a color meter and released elements were measured using ICP-OES. Discoloration and dissolution rates differed between the two solutions. In the hydrogen peroxide-containing solution, color difference was higher in Ti-55Ni and Ti-6Al-4V than in any of the other alloys, and that Ti-55Ni showed the highest degree of dissolution. In the acidulated fluoride-containing solution, CP-Ti, Ti-0.15Pd, Ti-6Al-4V, Ti-7Nb-6Al, and Ti-10Cu alloys showed remarkable discoloration and dissolution with immersion. On the contrary, Ti-20Cr alloy showed very little discoloration and dissolution in either solution.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alloys
  • Cariostatic Agents / chemistry*
  • Chromium / chemistry
  • Color
  • Copper / chemistry
  • Dental Alloys / chemistry*
  • Dental Materials / chemistry*
  • Fluorides / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / chemistry*
  • Immersion
  • Lactic Acid / chemistry
  • Materials Testing
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Nickel / chemistry
  • Oxidants / chemistry*
  • Palladium / chemistry
  • Sodium Chloride / chemistry
  • Sodium Fluoride / chemistry
  • Solubility
  • Titanium / chemistry*

Substances

  • Alloys
  • Cariostatic Agents
  • Dental Alloys
  • Dental Materials
  • Oxidants
  • Chromium
  • Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy
  • titanium nickelide
  • titanium alloy (TiAl6V4)
  • Lactic Acid
  • Sodium Chloride
  • Palladium
  • Copper
  • Nickel
  • Sodium Fluoride
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Titanium
  • Fluorides