Comparison of the microhardness of lowviscosity bulk-fill composite resins

Latife Altınok Uygun; Yasemin Özden

doi:10.26900/hsq.2282

Authors

Latife Altınok Uygun Afyonkarahisar Health Siciences University / Türkiye 0000-0003-2593-171X
Yasemin Özden Afyonkarahisar Health Science University / Türkiye 0009-0000-1758-6309

10.26900/hsq.2282

Abstract

The aim of this study is to compare the microhardness of five different low-viscosity bulk-fill composites. The bulk-fill composites used in the study; Estelite Bulk-fill flow (EBF), Filtek Bulk-fill (FBF), SureFil SDR flow (SDR), Tetric EvoFlow Bulk fill (TEFBF), X-tra Base (XBF). Cylindrical molds with a diameter of 5 mm and a height of 4 mm were used for the Vicker's Micro Hardness (VMH) test. Bulk-fill composite resins were placed in these molds at once. The polymerization of the composites was achieved for 20 seconds with the LED light curing. A total of 50 composite discs were prepared (n=10). Then the microhardness of the top and bottom surfaces was measured using MVK-H1 Microhardness Tester (Akashi Co, Tokyo, Japan. Depth of polymerization of each sample was recorded. Data were analyzed by using the Kruskal Wallis H and Mann Whitney-U tests. The bottom and top surface hardness values of the XBF composite samples (43.82±0.95 MPa, 47.87±0.59 MPa) were statistically significantly higher than the other bulk-fill composite samples (p<0.001). The bottom and top surface hardness values of the FBF composite (27.85±0.56 MPa, 22.05±1.40 MPa) were found to be statistically lower than other bulk-fill composite samples (p<0.001). Among the low-viscosity bulk-fill composites used in the study, except for FBF, the VMH values of the others were found to be above 0.80, and it was observed that they reached sufficient microhardness.

Keywords:

Bulk fill composite resin microhardness test polymerization viscosity

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