Changes in scattering and absorption during curing of denta-resin composites: silorane and nanocomposite

Maria del Mar Pérez; Razvan Ghinea; Ana-Maria Ionescu; Juan de la Cruz Cardona

doi:10.1117/12.894519

26 July 2011 Changes in scattering and absorption during curing of denta-resin composites: silorane and nanocomposite

Maria del Mar Pérez, Razvan Ghinea, Ana-Maria Ionescu, Juan de la Cruz Cardona

Proceedings Volume 8001, International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics; 800132 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.894519
Event: International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 2011, Braga, Portugal

Abstract

Photocured polymers are widely used in dental applications. The optical properties of the dental composites change during curing; the appearance of the composites also changes. Recently, a new silorane-based composite resin and dental nanocomposite have been introduced. However, research regarding the effect of the silorane monomers or the size filler on appearance after curing of the resin composite is limited. This work aims to examine the optical properties of silorane-based composite and nanocomposite, in terms of scattering and absorption during curing. Six dimethacrylate-based dental resin composite (five universal and one nanocomposite) and one silorane-based dental resin composite (all shades A2 and T) were studied. The curing irradiance was 1100mW/cm². The spectral reflectance of 1mm thick composite samples against white and black backgrounds were measured both before and after curing, and were converted to scattering and absorption coefficients using the Kubelka-Munk Theory. Both for pre and post-curing dental resin composites, the Albedo coefficient (K/S) shows that absorption prevails over the scattering for short wavelengths while for medium and large wavelengths, the scattering becomes more important, except for the T shade of the nanocomposite. After curing, the scattering and absorption values decreased for both types of materials. Changes in the absorption coefficient values should be caused by changes in the camphorquinone (CQ) absorption, whereas the scattering changes found should be directly attributable to index of refraction changes of the resin during curing.

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Maria del Mar Pérez, Razvan Ghinea, Ana-Maria Ionescu, and Juan de la Cruz Cardona "Changes in scattering and absorption during curing of denta-resin composites: silorane and nanocomposite", Proc. SPIE 8001, International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 800132 (26 July 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.894519

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