Assessment of the Effect of Toothpaste Abrasiveness on Friction and Wear of Dental Fillings
Pavla Formánková·Martin Vrbka·Pavel Čípek·Alena Dančová·Petr Svoboda·Veronika Pavliňáková·L. Vojtová
Abstract There is a notable deficiency in detailed investigations regarding the impact of abrasive elements on the friction and wear of dental restorations. Therefore, the primary objective of this study was to analyse how abrasive particles in toothpastes affect the friction and wear of dental fillings. The coefficient of friction (CoF) was evaluated as a time course from a brushing simulation conducted on a UMT TriboLab tribometer, which measured frictional and normal forces over a duration of