European Journal of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry

The Effect of Lithium Disilicate Opacity on Polymerization of a DualCured Resin Cement

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Cover Date

March 2017

Print ISSN

0965-7452

Electronic ISSN

2396-8893

Vol

25

Issue

1

Abstract

This paper evaluates the five year clinical evaluation of restorations formed in a low shrinkage stress resin composite material (3M ESPE Filtek Silorane, Seefeld, Germany) and placed in the general dental practices of five members of the PREP Panel, a group of UK practice-based researchers. Results indicated satisfactory performance of the material under evaluation, other than for marginal staining, which affected 60% of the restorations evaluated after five years, albeit with less than 10% of the circumference of the restorations being affected. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The low shrinkage stress material, Filtek SiloraneTM, demonstrated good clinical performance in the majority of parameters which were assessed at five years.

Keywords
Clinical Evaluation
Restorative Dentistry
Resin Composite
Low Shrinkage Stress