Shrinkage behaviour of flowable resin-composites related to conversion and filler-fraction.
Shrinkage behaviour of flowable resin-composites related to conversion and filler-fraction.
K. Baroudi,A. M. Saleh,N. Silikas,D. Watts
2007 · DOI: 10.1016/J.JDENT.2007.05.001
E -journal of dentistry · 136 Citations
TLDR
Flowable resin-composites vary widely in shrinkage-strain magnitude and the inverse relationship between filler percent and shrinkages is explained by the corresponding decrease in volume fraction of monomers present to undergo polymerisation.