Table 1 Product name, composition and manufacture of tested material.

From: In vitro assessment of fracture resistance of premolar teeth restored with diatomite zirconia versus barium glass filled resin composite

Product

Filler

Matrix

manufacturer

Neo Spectra Composite

Filler load: 78–80%by weight Spherical, pre-polymerized SphereTEC fillers (d3,50≈15 μm), non-agglomerated barium glass and ytterbium fluoride

Methacrylate modified polysiloxane (organically

modified ceramic) dimethacrylate resins, ethyl-4

(dimethylamino) benzoate, and bis(4-methyl-phenyl)

iodonium hexafluorophosphate. Filler load: 78–80%

by weight: Spherical, pre-polymerized SphereTEC

fillers (d

3,50

≈ 15 μm), non-agglomerated barium

glass and ytterbium fluoride

Methacrylate modified polysiloxane (organicallymodified ceramic) dimethacrylate resins, ethyl-4(dimethylamino) benzoate, and bis(4-methyl-phenyl) iodonium hexafluorophosphate.

NS, Dentsply, Konstanz, Germany

Zircon Fill Composite

Filler load: 80% by weight

Silica filler associated with zirconia and diatomite which is a porous silica

Average particle size: 15.8 μm

Average nanoparticle size: 20 nanometers

A mixture of monomers (BISGMA, BISEMA, TEGDMA and UDMA

Bm4, Brazil

Prime and Bond Universal Dental Adhesive

Universal Bond containing newly developed hydrolysis stable crosslinker

Phosphoric acid esters, isopropanol and water

Dentsply, Konstanz, Germany

  1. Abbreviations: Bis-GMA: bisphenol A glycidyl methacrylate; bisEMA: ethoxylatedbis-phenol A dimethacrylate; bisEMA(6): (2,2-bis[4-methacryloxypolyethoxyphenyl)propane]; DMA: dimethacrylate; UDMA: urethane dimethacrylate; TEGDMA: triethylene glycol dimethacrylate.