Effect of experimental heat treatment on mechanical properties of resin composites.
The aim of this study was to verify the influence of an experimental heat treatment (170 masculineC/10 min) using a casting furnace on the mechanical properties (hardness and flexural strength) of 2 commercial direct resin composites (TPH Spectrum and Filtek P60) compared to a commercial indirect resin system (BelleGlass). Heat treatment temperature was determined after thermal characterization by thermogravimetry (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Data was analyzed by ANOVA and Tukey's test at 5% significance level. There was statistical significance for the main factor heat treatment (p=0.03) and composite (p=0.02), for flexural strength. For Knoop hardness, only the main factor composite was statistically significant (p=0.00). P60 presented higher hardness than TPH. No statistically significant correlation between mechanical properties tested was detected. Based on these results, it was possible to conclude that heat treatment influenced flexural strength of direct composites, while it was not observed for hardness. The association of direct composites with a simple post-cure heat treatment may be an alternative for current indirect composite systems, although more studies are needed to verify other properties of the composites for this application.
Department of Restorative Dentistry, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, MA, Brazil.
Ivone L
IL
Santana
Edméa
E
Lodovici
Jivaldo R
JR
Matos
Igor S
IS
Medeiros
Caroline L
CL
Miyazaki
Leonardo E
LE
Rodrigues-Filho
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry*; D003735:Dental Casting Technique; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D006244:Hardness; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D008689:Methacrylates / Q000737:chemistry; D018583:Pliability; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
D003188:Composite Resins; C438835:Filtek P60 Composite Resin; D008689:Methacrylates; C467914:TPH spectrum; C110370:belleGlass