INFLUENCE OF BULK THICKNESS, CURING TIME, AND CURING UNIT TYPE ON THE MICROHARDNESS OF DIFFERENT-VISCOSITY BULK-FILL COMPOSITES
MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS, vol.54, no.5, pp.675-684, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 54 Issue: 5
- Publication Date: 2018
- Doi Number: 10.1007/s11029-018-9775-z
- Journal Name: MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.675-684
- Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The influence of bulk thickness curing time and type of the light-curing unit (quartz-tungsten-halogen [QTH] or LED one) on the microhardness of bulk-fill composites was investigated. Bulk-fill composites, Venus Bulk Fill and SonicFill, were tested for microhardness, and Solitaire 2 was used as a reference.