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Biomaterials & Bioengineering

Contraction Stress Determinants in Dimethacrylate Composites

F. Gonçalves1, C.S. Pfeifer1, J.L. Ferracane2 and R.R. Braga1,*

1 Dept. of Biomaterials and Oral Biochemistry, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 2227, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil; and
2 Dept. of Restorative Dentistry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA

Correspondence: * corresponding author, rrbraga{at}usp.br

The influence of composite organic content on polymerization stress development remains unclear. It was hypothesized that stress was directly related to differences in degree of conversion, volumetric shrinkage, elastic modulus, and maximum rate of polymerization encountered in composites containing different BisGMA (bisphenylglycidyl dimethacrylate) concentrations and TEGDMA (triethylene glycol dimethacrylate) and/or BisEMA (ethoxylated bisphenol-A dimethacrylate) as co-monomers. Stress was determined in a tensilometer. Volumetric shrinkage was measured with a mercury dilatometer. Elastic modulus was obtained by flexural test. We used fragments of flexural specimens to determine degree of conversion by FT-Raman spectroscopy. Reaction rate was determined by differential scanning calorimetry. Composites with lower BisGMA content and those containing TEGDMA showed higher stress, conversion, shrinkage, and elastic modulus. Polymerization rate did not vary significantly, except for the lower value of the 66% TEGDMA composite. We used linear regressions to evaluate the association between polymerization stress and conversion (R2 = 0.905), shrinkage (R2 = 0.825), and modulus (R2 = 0.623).

Key Words: polymerization stress • resin composite • degree of conversion • shrinkage • elastic modulus

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 87, No. 4, 367-371 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/154405910808700404
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