Effect of filler type, content and size on the UV photocuring dental ma

Authors: 

Zoubida Seghier, Ambroise Diby, Vanda Voytekunas, Philip Cheang and Marc J.M. Abadie

A BisGMA, TEGDMA monomer mixture at weight ration 2:1 was UV-cured with CQ to form commonly used dental materials. Three types of fillers at different particle size were added at different weight concentrations. Reaction rates k, time vs rate were studied for all the systems.

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