Recent advances and developments in composite dental restorative materials

NB Cramer, JW Stansbury… - Journal of dental …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Composite dental restorations represent a unique class of biomaterials with severe
restrictions on biocompatibility, curing behavior, esthetics, and ultimate material properties …

Photopolymerization kinetics of multifunctional monomers

E Andrzejewska - Progress in polymer science, 2001 - Elsevier
This review article presents results of investigations concerning the kinetics of crosslinking
photopolymerizations. The main emphasis is given to the propagation and termination rate …

Multimaterial 4D printing with tailorable shape memory polymers

Q Ge, AH Sakhaei, H Lee, CK Dunn, NX Fang… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
We present a new 4D printing approach that can create high resolution (up to a few
microns), multimaterial shape memory polymer (SMP) architectures. The approach is based …

Progress in dimethacrylate-based dental composite technology and curing efficiency

JG Leprince, WM Palin, MA Hadis, J Devaux, G Leloup - Dental Materials, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: This work aims to review the key factors affecting the polymerization efficiency
of light-activated resin-based composites. The different properties and methods used to …

Effect of chemical structure on degree of conversion in light-cured dimethacrylate-based dental resins

I Sideridou, V Tserki, G Papanastasiou - Biomaterials, 2002 - Elsevier
In this work the room-temperature photopolymerization of Bis-GMA, Bis-EMA, urethane
dimethacrylate (UDMA) and triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA) induced by …

[HTML][HTML] Monomers used in resin composites: degree of conversion, mechanical properties and water sorption/solubility

VES Gajewski, CS Pfeifer, NRG Fróes-Salgado… - Brazilian dental …, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
The organic phase of resin composites is constituted by dimethacrylate resins, the most
common monomers being the bisphenol A diglycidildimethacrylate (BisGMA), its ethoxylated …

Photopolymerization kinetics of methacrylate dental resins

SH Dickens, JW Stansbury, KM Choi… - Macromolecules, 2003 - ACS Publications
The photopolymerization kinetics of typical dental dimethacrylate monomers were studied by
differential photocalorimetry. Increasing proportions of the low-viscosity diluent monomer …

Network structure of Bis-GMA-and UDMA-based resin systems

CJE Floyd, SH Dickens - Dental Materials, 2006 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The commonly used dental base monomers 2, 2-bis [p-(2′-hydroxy-3′-
methacryloxypropoxy) phenylene] propane (Bis-GMA) and 1, 6-bis (methacryloxy-2 …

Refractive index mismatch and monomer reactivity influence composite curing depth

AC Shortall, WM Palin… - Journal of dental …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Limited cure depth is a drawback of light-activated composites. We hypothesize that curing
light transmission and cure depth are influenced by monomer reactivity and filler/resin …

Energy dependent polymerization of resin-based composite

RH Halvorson, RL Erickson, CL Davidson - Dental Materials, 2002 - Elsevier
Objective: This study explores the relationship between the extent of polymerization and the
radiant energy (dose) applied during the photopolymerization of resin-based composites …