Dual-curing, self-adhesive resin cement: influence of the polymerization modes on the degree of conversion and microhardness
AUTOR(ES)
Mendes, Luis Claudio, Matos, Irma Cunha, Miranda, Mauro Sayão, Benzi, Marcia Regina
FONTE
Materials Research
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2010-06
RESUMO
RelyX TM Unicem, dual-curing self-adhesive resin cement, was tested in order to evaluate the degree of conversion (DC) and Vickers microhardness (VMH). The specimens were prepared into 4 groups (GR). For GR1, the specimens were irradiated with 500 mW.cm-2 during 20 seconds while for GR3 the same intensity was used but the irradiation time was 40 seconds. The GR2 followed the same polymerization mode of the GR1 but a ceramic disk was applied as a light barrier. For the last group, only the chemical polymerization was carried out. The DC and VMH were measured immediately after the irradiation time and again after 24 hours. Dual-polymerization (light and chemical polymerization) showed higher DC and VMH than the chemical polymerization (dark cure). The presence of a ceramic disk did not affect the DC but reduced the VMH. Increasing the exposure to light, the DC remained almost constant whereas the VMH raised slightly indicating that the VMH is quite dependent on the incident energy. Additionally, the powder/liquid portions of the cement were also characterized. The TG showed that the solid fraction was constituted of 96% of inorganic matter and 4% of vinyl-silane, a coupling agent. Regarding the liquid part, it was found that 84% was related to the mixture of monomers. The SEM revealed that the size particle of the inorganic fillers were between 400 and 11.000 nm. Factors such as energy density, size and distribution of inorganic fillers and the low effectiveness of the chemical cure contributed to the low values of the DC and VMH.
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