Light transmittance and micro-mechanical properties of bulk fill vs. conventional resin based composites

S Bucuta, N Ilie - Clinical oral investigations, 2014 - Springer
Objectives The aim of this study was to quantify the blue light that passes through different
incremental thicknesses of bulk fill in comparison to conventional resin-based composites …

Influence of increment thickness on light transmission, degree of conversion and micro hardness of bulk fill composites

S Garoushi, P Vallittu, A Shinya, L Lassila - Odontology, 2016 - Springer
This study evaluated characteristics of light transmission, degree of monomer conversion
and surface microhardness of bulk fill, conventional and fiber-reinforced resin based …

Characterization of inorganic filler content, mechanical properties, and light transmission of bulk-fill resin composites

BM Fronza, APA Ayres, RR Pacheco… - Operative …, 2017 - meridian.allenpress.com
Objectives: The aims of this study were to characterize inorganic content (IC), light
transmission (LT), biaxial flexural strength (BFS), and flexural modulus (FM) of one …

The influence of inorganic fillers on the light transmission through resin-matrix composites during the light-curing procedure: an integrative review

R Fidalgo-Pereira, D Carpio, O Torres… - Clinical Oral …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose The objective of this study was to perform an integrative review on the effect the
inorganic fillers on the light transmission through the resin-matrix composites during the light …

How light attenuation and filler content affect the microhardness and polymerization shrinkage and translucency of bulk-fill composites?

SA Son, JK Park, DG Seo, CC Ko, YH Kwon - Clinical oral investigations, 2017 - Springer
Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the microhardness, polymerization
shrinkage, and translucency of bulk-fill composites (BFCs) which have different light …

Effect of curing light emission spectrum on the nanohardness and elastic modulus of two bulk-fill resin composites

Y Issa, DC Watts, D Boyd, RB Price - Dental materials, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To determine the nanohardness and elastic moduli of two bulk-fill resin based
composites (RBCs) at increasing depths from the surface and increasing distances laterally …

The effect of curing intensity on mechanical properties of different bulk-fill composite resins

FI Alkhudhairy - Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of two curing light
intensities on the mechanical properties (Vickers microhardness, compressive strength, and …

Effect of different curing protocols on the mechanical properties of low-viscosity bulk-fill composites

N Ilie, K Stark - Clinical oral investigations, 2015 - Springer
Objectives This study aimed to assess the impact of curing conditions—exposure time,
mode, energy density and exposure distance—on the efficiency of curing flowable bulk-fill …

Impact of light transmittance mode on polymerisation kinetics in bulk-fill resin-based composites

N Ilie - Journal of dentistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives to determine the mode of light transmission and its impact on the polymerisation
kinetic in modern bulk-fill resin-based composites (B-RBC). Materials and methods Four low …

In vitro comparison of mechanical properties and degree of cure of bulk fill composites

P Czasch, N Ilie - Clinical oral investigations, 2013 - Springer
Objectives The aim of our study was to measure and compare degree of conversion (DC) as
well as micro-(indentation modulus, E; Vickers hardness, HV) and macromechanical …