Evaluation of colour stability, water sorption and solubility of no-cap flowable bulk fill resin composites

BMC Oral Health

Table 1 Resin composites used in the study and their properties

Resin Composite	Viscosity	Manufacturer firm /LOT numbers	Monomer Content	Filler type	Filler rate (wt%/vol%)	Polymerization time (s)
Filtek One Bulk Fill (FBF)	High viscosity	3 M ESPE, St. Paul MN, USA/10,018,902	AUDMA, AFM, Diüretan-DMA, 1,12-dodekan-DMA	Non-clustered Silica, Non-clustered Zirconia, Clustered silica and zirconia, YbF₃	76.5/58.5	20
X-tra base (XB)	Low viscosity	Voco, Cuxhaven, Germany/2,333,691	BisEMA, TCDDMA	Ba-Al-B silicate glass, YbF₃, smoked silica	75/-	10
Charisma Bulk Flow One (CBF)	Low viscosity	Heraeus Kulzer, Hanau, Germany/N010026	UDMA, EBADMA	Ba-Al-F silicate glass, YbF₃, SiO₂	65/41	20
Estelite Bulk Fill Flow (EBF)	Low viscosity	Tokuyama Dental Corporation, Tokyo, Japan/163E83	Bis-GMA, Bis-MPEPP, TEGDMA	Spherical Silica-zirconia	70/56	10

Abbreviations: AUDMA: Aromatic urethane dimethacrylate, AFM: Addition- fragmentation monomer, DMA: decanediol dimethacrylate, BisEMA: bisphenol A ethoxylated dimethacrylate, TCDDMA: 4,8-dimethacryloxy methylene triclodecane, UDMA: urethane dimethacrylate, EBADMA: Ethoxylated bisphenol A dimetacrylate, Bis-GMA: bisphenol A glycol dimethacrylate, Bis-MPEPP: Bisphenol A polyethoxy dimethacrylate, TEGDMA: triethylene glycol dimethacrylate, YbF₃: Ytterbium Fluoride, Ba-Al-B: Barium-aluminium-boron, Ba, Al, F: Barium-aluminium-fluoro, SiO₂: silicium dioxide

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