Heat curing behavior of light-cured composite resins investigated by dynamic differential scanning calorimetry.
The heat curing behavior of light-cured restorative composite resins, light-cured crown and bridge veneering resins, pure dimethacrylate monomers, Bis-GMA monomers containing various initiators, and monomer mixtures were investigated by slow heating at a constant rate with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) without any light irradiation--the so-called dynamic DSC measurement. Some of the light-cured restorative composite resins and the light-cured crown and bridge veneering resins showed a sharp exothermic peak due to heat curing. Pure TEDMA also showed a sharp exothermic peak, whereas the Bis-GMA monomers containing catalysts for light curing showed no exothermic peak. It seems that heat curing behavior of light-cured composite resins depends not on the decomposition of camphorquinone, but on that of the monomer itself.
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School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan.
Takahashi
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Tanase
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Hasegawa
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D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008027:Light; D008689:Methacrylates / Q000737:chemistry
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D003188:Composite Resins; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008689:Methacrylates