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Improved Dental Composites Utilizing Dibenzylidene Sorbitol Networks

Published

Author(s)

Elizabeth Wilder, Joseph M. Antonucci

Abstract

Dibenzylidene sorbitol (DBS) is a sugar derivative that is capable of self-organizing into a 3D nanofibrillar network at relatively low concentrations in a wide variety of organic solvents and polymer melts. This research was aimed at determining the effect of DBS on vinyl conversion, polymerization shrinkage, and mechanical strength of bioactive dental composites containing zirconyl-modified amorphous calcium phosphate (Zr ACP) and a polymer matrix derived from the photopolymerization of ethoxylated bisphenol-A dimethacrylate (EBPADMA). Flexural strength was enhanced while polymerization shrinkage and its associated stress development were both significantly reduced by the incorporation of DBS into the composites.
Citation
Macromolecular Symposia
Volume
227
Issue
No. 1

Keywords

dental composites, dental polymers, gelation, shrinkage, strength

Citation

Wilder, E. and Antonucci, J. (2005), Improved Dental Composites Utilizing Dibenzylidene Sorbitol Networks, Macromolecular Symposia, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=852458 (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created July 1, 2005, Updated February 17, 2017