Open AccessIn vitro Assessment of Clasps of Cobalt-Chromium and Nickel-titanium Alloys in Removable Prosthesis
Author(s) -
Mohammed Zaheer Kola,
Deepti Raghav,
Prince Kumar,
Fawaz Alqahtani,
Mohammed S. Murayshed,
Tushar Vitthalrao Bhagat
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the journal of contemporary dental practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.3
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 1526-3711
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1836
Subject(s) - nickel titanium , materials science , titanium , metallurgy , premolar , cobalt , molar , dentistry , shape memory alloy , medicine
It has been since a long time that the use of base-metal alloys has significantly increased in the area of prosthetic science. One of the factors contributing for the increasing use of base-metal alloys is the increasing and high cost factor of noble metals. Although numerous materials have been tried since the recent past, Cobalt-Chromium (CoCr) alloys still form the most commonly used ones because of the numerous advantages they offer. Titanium alloys are also significantly being used in this field because of their high resistance strength and high corrosion resistance. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the flexure strength and fatigue resistance of clasps made up of CoCr alloys and Nickel-titanium (NiTi) alloys.