CHARACTERIZATION OF ZrO2/SEA SHELLS COMPOSITES

PREPARED BY COMPRESSION MOULDING FOR DENTAL

IMPLANTATION APPLICATIONS
S.Thangaraji*, P.Viji *, S.Prabhakaran*, M.Saradhakumar*
*
thangarajirmp@gmail.com
*U.G students in Mechanical Engineering, Shreenivasa Engineering College, B.Pallipatti.

ABSTRACT
Sea shells are hard protective coat created by means living organisms in sea, these sea
shells are exoskeletons of an invertebrate composed as calcium carbonate and calcium. Shells are
very often washed up onto a beach empty and clean, as the animal living inside that sea shell is
dead. There are more than 50,000 varieties of sea shell present in nature. This experimental
project proposes an economically efficient and environmentally friendly alternative usage of sea
shell wastage.

Zirconia implants may prove to be promising in the future; however further in vitro and
well-designed in vivo clinical studies are needed before such a recommendation can be made.
Special considerations and technical experience are needed when dealing with zirconia implants
to minimize the incidence the mechanical failure.

In this present work to prepare the ZrO 2/Sea sell, sol-gel and Epoxy composite prepared
by using Compression moulding method and prepare specimen where are going to characterized
by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray scanning device, XRD method, and
tribological properties are going to investigate by using pin on disk equipment and also this
project provided new platform for dental implantation material application. Novel Sea shell and
ZrO2, Sol-gel, Epoxy, innovative production method for ceramic composites will be considered
as possible promising candidates for future dental implants.

Keywords : Sea shell (Oyster shells), ZrO2, Sol-gel, Epoxy, Compression moulding, SEM, XRD
method, Dental implantation material.