Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40508618›Full record

ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Micro-CT Assessment of Internal and External Void Formation in Class II Restorations of Primary Molars Using Bulk-Fill Composites.

Ralitsa Gigova, Krasimir Hristov

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ralitsa GigovaDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Krasimir HristovDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-1577-4362

Funding

Grant-2024 133/29.05.2024
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the formation of internal and external voids in class II restorations of primary molars using bulk-fill composites with different viscosities through micro-CT analysis. Standardized class II cavities were prepared on 50 extracted intact primary molars. The teeth were restored with bulk-fill materials of varying viscosity: SDR, Tetric EvoCeram bulk-fill, Viscalor bulk, Cention forte, and a control group (Dyract XP). They were then scanned using a computed microtomograph. The volumes of the internal and external voids were quantified and expressed as percentages (%) of the total restoration volume. The data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA, followed by Tukey's test (α = 0.05). The detected external and internal voids ranged from 0.19% to 0.62%. The data indicated no significant difference in the formation of external voids among the various bulk-fill materials or the control group (

Indexed as

bulk-fill materialsclass II restorationmicro-CTprimary molarsvoid formation

Identifiers

PMID40508618
PMCPMC12156173

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.