title: Effects of filler size, water, and alcohol on hardness and laboratory wear of dental composites.
abstract: Three UEDMA/TEGDMA (50:50 by weight) based dental composites were made, each with filler loadings of 53 vol.%. The three composites contained silane-treated filler particles with average particle diameters of 1.5, 3.0, or 10.0 microm. Twelve specimens per composite were mounted on wear wheels and run through 200,000 cycles in an ACTA wear machine. Six of these specimens per material were worn in slurries consisting of 30 g ground Millet seed shells and 120 g ground rice mixed with 275 mL water. The remaining six specimens were worn in similar 25% ethanol-water slurries. The composite wear profiles were recorded with a profilometer and used to calculate the wear. Hardness values of the composites were also measured both before and after storage for 2 weeks in either water or in a 25% ethanol water solution. The wear and hardness values from the measurements were analyzed using ANOVA. The wear analysis showed that the finer composites (1.5 microm filler diameter) wore the least and the coarsest composites (10 microm filler diameter) the most. The wear was significantly higher in the ethanol water slurry than in the water slurry. The hardness value of the coarsest composite decreased more than the finest composite during storage in water or 25% ethanol water. The hardness decrease was most pronounced in the alcohol solution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Biomaterials, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0446, USA.
authors.forename: Justin I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Karl-Johan M
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Söderholm
mesh_terms: D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000737:chemistry; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D017609:Barium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry*; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D019554:Dental Restoration Wear; D000431:Ethanol / Q000737:chemistry; D006244:Hardness; D006801:Humans; D008689:Methacrylates / Q000737:chemistry; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry; D010316:Particle Size; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry; D011109:Polymethacrylic Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D011140:Polyurethanes / Q000737:chemistry; D012821:Silanes / Q000737:chemistry; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D017609:Barium Compounds; D003188:Composite Resins; D003764:Dental Materials; D008689:Methacrylates; D010087:Oxides; D011109:Polymethacrylic Acids; D011140:Polyurethanes; D012821:Silanes; D012997:Solvents; D014867:Water; C029824:urethane dimethacrylate luting resin; C020946:triethylene glycol dimethacrylate; C017492:methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane; D000431:Ethanol; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; C077606:barium oxide; D000537:Aluminum Oxide