Wang, Z.
and Chiang, M.
(2022),
System compliance dictates the effect of composite filler content on polymerization shrinkage stress, Dental Materials, [online], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dental.2016.01.006
(Accessed April 23, 2024)
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System compliance dictates the effect of composite filler content on polymerization shrinkage stress
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The effect of filler content in dental restorative composites on the polymerization shrinkage stress (PS) is not straightforward and has caused much debate in the literature. Our objective in this study was to clarify the PS/filler content relationship based on analytical and experimental approaches, so that guidelines for materials comparison in terms of PS and clinical selection of dental composites with various filler content can be provided. Analytically, a simplified model based on linear elasticity was utilized to predict PS as a function of filler content under various compliances of the testing system, a cantilever beam-based instrument used in this study. The predictions were validated by measuring PS of composites synthesized using 50/50 mixtures of two common dimethacrylate resins with a variety of filler contents. Both experiments and predictions indicated that the influence of filler content on the PS highly depended on the compliance of the testing system. Within the clinic-relevant range of compliances tested, the PS increased with increasing filler content at low compliance of instrument, while increasing the compliance caused the effect of filler content on the PS to gradually diminish. Eventually, at high compliance, the PS inverted and decreased with increasing filler content. This compliance-dependent effect of filler content on PS suggests: 1) for materials comparison in terms of PS, the specific compliance at which the comparison being done should always be reported and 2) clinically, composites with relatively lower filler content could be selected for such cavities with relatively lower compliance (e.g. a Class I cavity with thick tooth walls or the basal part in a cavity) and vice versa in order to reduce the final PS.Citation
Dental Materials
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Dental composites, Polymerization shrinkage stress, Filler content, Curing kinetics, Compliance of constraint
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Created January 28, 2022