Background. Wear resistance of pit and fissure sealant materials can influence their retention. Wear characteristics of sealant materials may determine scheduling of check-up visits. The aim of this study was to compare wear resistance of two flowable composite resins with that of posterior composite resin materials. Methods. Thirty-five disk-shaped specimens were prepared in 5 groups, includin...

objectives: color change of composite restorations is well known to dentists. however, the effect of commonly consumed drinks on discoloration of composite resins has yet to be determined. this study sought to assess the color change of a nanofilled (premise) and a flowable composite resin (premise flowable) following simulated consumption of tea, cola, iron drops and multivitamin syrup. materi...

introduction: the aim of this study was to evaluate and compare microhybride composite treated by bur and different power of erbium, chromium doped yttrium scandium gallium garnet (er,cr:ysgg) laser by scanning electron microscope (sem). methods: 21 microhybride composite blocks (diafil tm, diadent, korea) with 2 × 4 × 4 mm dimensions were made. the bonding surface of these blocks were polished...

abstract statement of problem: bleaching systems with different concentrations and applications are widely used to improve the visual appearance of the teeth, but one of the complications of these materials is reduction of bond strength for immediately bonding to the bleached enamel. objectives: the aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of using different modified hydrogen peroxide bl...

graphene-based nanocomposites are newly emerged materials with a wide range of applications such as in supercapacitors electrode. the high conductivity and ability for passing electric current, makes graphene an appropriate new item to be used in cells. electroactive transition metal oxides, owing fast reversible redox pairs, are used to store electrical charge. furthermore, the graphene/nio na...

color match between fiber-reinforced composite (frc) restorations and teeth is an imperative factor in esthetic dentistry. the purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of veneering composites and fibers on the color change of frc restorations.glass and polyethylene fibers were used to reinforce a direct microhybrid composite (z250, 3m espe) and a microfilled composite (gradia indirect...

composites provide design flexibility because many of them can be moulded into complex shapes.  carbon fibre-reinforced epoxy composites exhibit excellent fatigue tolerance with high specific strength and stiffness. these properties led to their numerous advanced applications ranging from military and civil aircraft structures to consumer products. the modelling of beams undergoing arbitrarily ...

introduction: the aim of this study was to evaluate the composite surface treated by different powers of erbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (er:yag) laser in comparison with bur preparation via scanning electron microscope. methods: fourteen composite resin blocks with 15× 10 × 10 mm dimensions were used in this study. the samples were divided to seven groups as follow: group 1 (power: 1 w, e...

introduction :the aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the in vitro effect of the erbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (er:yag) laser with different radiation distances and high-speed rotary treatment on the shear bond strength of flowable composite to enamel of human permanent posterior teeth . methods : freshly extracted human molar teeth with no caries or other surface defects were ...