title: Interfacial gaps of resin cemented ceramic inlays.
abstract: A method was developed for measuring presence, location and extent of interfacial contraction gaps of resin-cemented ceramic inlays in dentin cavities. Cylindrical ceramic inlays were cemented using one of 12 commercially available resin composite cements to make a film thickness of 200-microns. Cross-sections revealed absence of marginal gaps but contraction gaps occurred at all dentin-cement interfaces at the cavity floors and ranged from 1.6 to 7.1 microns. This was equivalent to 0.8-3.5% of the cement film thickness and was 3-10 times greater than the wall-to-wall contraction in percent observed when resin composites are used as filling materials in 3-5 mm butt-joint dentin cavities. The results support the theory that contraction gaps developing adjacent to thin films of resin cements reach a size equivalent to the cement film thickness multiplied by the volumetric polymerization shrinkage of the cement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Materials, School of Dentistry, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sorensen
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Munksgaard
mesh_terms: D000268:Adhesiveness; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000737:chemistry*; D003763:Dental Leakage / Q000209:etiology*; D018772:Dental Marginal Adaptation; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D003804:Dentin; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D007284:Inlays; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D003188:Composite Resins; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents; D003776:Dental Porcelain