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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 96 |
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Effect of curing method and thermocycling on flexural strength and microhardness of a new composite resin with alkaline filler
Mahmoud Bahari1, Mehdi Abed Kahnamoui2, Mohammad Esmaeel Ebrahimi Chaharom2, Soodabeh Kimyai2, Zeinab Sattari2
1 Dental and Periodontal Research Center; Department of Operative Dentistry, Dental Faculty, Tabriz Medical Sciences University, Tabriz, Iran
2 Department of Operative Dentistry, Dental Faculty, Tabriz Medical Sciences University, Tabriz, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Mohammad Esmaeel Ebrahimi Chaharom
Department of Operative Dentistry, Dental Faculty, Tabriz Medical Sciences University, Daneshgah Ave, Tabriz
Iran
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DOI: 10.4103/1735-3327.330877
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Background: Cention N has been introduced as an alternative material for amalgam. The purpose was to investigate the flexural strength and microhardness of this material in self-cure and dual-cure modes before and after thermocycling.
Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, 40 samples of Cention N were prepared in order to determine and compare the microhardness. Half of the samples were set by self-cure method and the other half with dual-cure method. The Vickers microhardness test was performed once after 24 h and again after 10000 thermocyclings. Three-point flexural test was used to determine and compare the flexural strength of 52 rod-shaped samples. Half of the samples were set by self-cure method and the other half with dual-cure method. Among 26 samples in each group, 13 samples were randomly selected and three-point flexural test was performed after 24 h and for another 13 samples after 10,000 thermocyclings. Data were analyzed using two-way ANOVA and paired samples t-test (P < 0.05).
Results: There was a statistically significant difference between the mean of microhardness values in two curing methods (P < 0.001) and in two storage conditions (P < 0.001). The mean of dual-cure microhardness (100.99 ± 7.22) was higher than that of self-cure (64.61 ± 12.51) and the mean value associated with pre-thermocycling (89.75 ± 15.84) was higher than that of the post-thermocycling (76.44 ± 23.56). There was no statistically significant difference between the mean flexural strength in the two curing methods (self-cure [72.85 ± 16.26], dual cure [79.87 ± 23.07]; [P > 0.05]). However, the mean flexural strength without thermocycling (85.98 ± 21.74) was higher than that of the thermocycled group (64.24 ± 6.40) (P < 0.001).
Conclusion: The microhardness of Cention N in dual-cure mode was higher than that of self-cure mode, but the flexural strength of dual-cure was not significantly different from that of self-cure. Thermocycling had a significant effect on the microhardness and flexural strength.
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