Porosity of resin cements and resin-modified glass-ionomers.
OBJECTIVE
To quantify the internal free surface in various resin cements and glass-ionomer-based materials.


METHODS
Materials tested were Nexus fluid (NXF) and viscous (NXV), Vitremer (VTM), Fuji II LC (FII), Vitremer Luting Cement (VLC), Dyract (DYR) and Compoglass (COM). Samples (n=5) were made of each material between two microscopic glass slides under same weight. With a transmitted light microscopy, four zones of each sample were evaluated, finding the number of porosities per mm2 (NP), the average radius of porosities (RP), the ratio of total area of surface porosities (micron2) to area (mm2) of specimen surface (TA) and the ratio of total volume of porosities (micron2) to area (mm2) of material surface (VP).


RESULTS
Median test was used. NP: NXV, NXF and DYR had smaller NP than VTM and FII and (likely) than VLC (P> 0.0000001). RP was smaller for DYR than for VLC and (likely) than for NXV (P= 0.00019). TA: NXV, NXF and DYR had smaller TA than VTM, FII and VLC (P< 0.0000001). VP: NXV and DYR had smaller VP than FII and (likely) than VTM and VLC (P< 0.0000001).
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Department of Operative Dentistry, Faculty of Odontology, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
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D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D020770:Compomers / Q000737:chemistry; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D008689:Methacrylates / Q000737:chemistry; D008853:Microscopy; D016062:Porosity; D019279:Resin Cements / Q000737:chemistry*; D012117:Resins, Synthetic / Q000737:chemistry; D017640:Silicates / Q000737:chemistry; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013499:Surface Properties
C105428:Compoglass; D020770:Compomers; D003188:Composite Resins; C088486:Dyract; C079765:Fuji II LC cement; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; D008689:Methacrylates; C433206:Nexus; D019279:Resin Cements; D012117:Resins, Synthetic; D017640:Silicates; C084550:Vitremer