ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Margin Integrity of Bulk-Fill Composite Restorations in Primary Teeth.
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- Thermal Effects of Rapid High-Intensity Light Curing on Bulk-Fill Resin-Based Composites: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2025Pooled it
- Influence of high-irradiance light curing on the marginal integrity of composite restorations in primary teeth.BMC oral health · 2023Trial
- Polymerization Kinetics of Conventional vs. Fiber-Reinforced Composites Using Rapid High-Intensity Photo-Activation.Polymers · 2026Article
- Clinical Performance and Survival of Bulk-Fill Resin Composite Posterior Restorations in Primary Teeth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Evaluation of the Physical Properties of Different Modifications of Glass Ionomer Dental Restorative Materials in Primary Dentition: A ComparativeInternational journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2025Article
- Cytotoxicity of Bulk-Fill Composites on Stem Cells from Human Exfoliated Deciduous Teeth-An In Vitro Study.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Clinical Performance of Bulk-Fill Versus Incremental Composite Restorations in Primary Teeth: A Systematic Review of In Vivo Evidence.Dentistry journal · 2025Review
- Micro-CT Assessment of Internal and External Void Formation in Class II Restorations of Primary Molars Using Bulk-Fill Composites.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Marginal Quality and Wear of Bulk-Fill Composites: Differences Between Dentitions.The journal of adhesive dentistry · 2025Article
- Effect of Multivitamins on the Color Stability of Dental Materials Used in Pediatric Dentistry: An In Vitro Study.Polymers · 2024Article
- Effect of Rapid High-Intensity Light-Curing on Increasing Transdentinal Temperature and Cell Viability: An In Vitro Study.Polymers · 2024Article
- Marginal Integrity of Simplified Adhesive Strategies in Primary Teeth.International dental journal · 2023Article
- A laboratory pilot study on voids in flowable bulk-fill composite restorations in bovine Class-II and endodontic access cavities after sonic vibration.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Marginal Quality and Wear of Bulk-fill Materials for Class-II Restorations in Primary Molars.The journal of adhesive dentistry · 2023Article
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- Microleakage and Marginal Integrity of Surface-Coated and Laser-Pretreated Class V Composite Restorations in Primary Teeth.Journal of lasers in medical sciences · 2023Article
- Effect of Fast High-Irradiance Photo-Polymerization of Resin Composites on the Dentin Bond Strength.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Marginal integrity of classical and bulk-fill composite restorations in permanent and primary molars.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Marginal Adaptation of Flowable vs Sonically Activated or Preheated Resin Composites in Cervical Lesions.The journal of adhesive dentistry · 2022Article
- Depth-Related Curing Potential of Ormocer- and Dimethacrylate-Based Bulk-Fill Composites.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
This in vitro study examined the margin integrity of sculptable and flowable bulk-fill resin composites in Class II cavities of primary molars. Standardized Class II cavities were prepared in human primary molars and restored with the following resin composite materials after application of a universal adhesive: a sculptable bulk-fill composite (Tetric EvoCeram Bulk Fill (TEC) or Admira Fusion x-tra (AFX)), a flowable bulk-fill composite (Venus Bulk Fill (VBF) or SDR), or a conventional composite (Filtek Supreme XTE (FS)). The bulk-fill materials were applied in 4 mm layers, while the conventional composite was applied in either 2 mm (FS2, positive control) or 4 mm layers (FS4, negative control). The specimens were exposed to thermo-mechanical loading (TML) in a computer-controlled masticator. A quantitative margin analysis was performed both before and after TML using scanning electron microscopy, and the percentage of continuous margins (margin integrity) was statistically analyzed (α = 0.05). All composites showed a significant decline in margin integrity after TML. AFX exhibited the significantly highest margin integrity of all materials after TML (97.5 ± 2.3%), followed by FS2 (79.2 ± 10.8%), TEC (73.0 ± 9.1%), and FS4 (71.3 ± 14.6%). SDR (43.6 ± 22.3%) and VBF (25.0 ± 8.5%) revealed the lowest margin integrity. In conclusion, the tested sculptable bulk-fill materials show similar or better margin integrity in primary molars than the conventional resin composite placed in 2 mm increments.
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