ArticleEC dental science2018
Fiber-Reinforced Composites: A Breakthrough in Practical Clinical Applications with Advanced Wear Resistance for Dental Materials.
Article in EC dental science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Dental Amalgam Phase-Down-Status, Alternatives, Strategies and Preparedness for Implementation: A Review.International journal of dentistry · 2025Review
- Effect of polyethylene and glass fibers on fracture resistance of large MOD composite restorations.Dental research journal · 2025Article
- Effect of Polyols and Selected Dental Materials on the Ability to Create a Cariogenic Biofilm-On Children Caries-AssociatedInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- An Advanced Fiber-Reinforced Composite Solution for Gingival Inflammation and Bone Loss Related to Restorative Crowns.EC dental science · 2020Article
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Abstract
Newer dental fiber-reinforced composites can provide service with less wear than enamel. Further, fibers in bulk molding form pack oriented parallel to the occlusal-dentinal floor planes that wear by uniform thinning into micrometer-sized fiber remnants and subsequent flat plate-like particulate bond by compression back into the polymer matrix. The fiber wear-in process is accomplished by creating fine crystalline chemically resistant nanoparticulates that become an exceptional polishing agent. Resulting consolidation by the underlying fiber network squeezes plasticized polymer and partially hydrolyzed polymer chains along with residual monomer, pendant methacrylate groups and nano-sized particulate to the surface that surround larger exposed micrometer-sized particulate and smallest fiber remnants. Eventually consolidation of the polymer matrix overall squeezes up and engulfs the top particulate or fiber remnants forming a smooth polished hard polymer-matrix composite wear surface probably filled with small nanoparticulate. The final hardened polymer surface may show particulate from worn fibers, but displays no signs of the original fibers after an
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