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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Influence of Human Blood Contamination on Microhardness of Glass-Ionomer Cements and Glass-Hybrid Material.

Katarina Franić, Ana Brundić, Jurica Matijević, Ana Ivanišević, Ivana Miletić, Anja Baraba

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Katarina FranićUniversity of Zagreb, School of Dental Medicine, Gundulićeva 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Ana BrundićUniversity of Zagreb, School of Dental Medicine, Gundulićeva 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Jurica MatijevićUniversity of Zagreb, School of Dental Medicine, Department of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, Gundulićeva 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Ana IvaniševićUniversity of Zagreb, School of Dental Medicine, Department of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, Gundulićeva 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-1380-0029
Ivana MiletićUniversity of Zagreb, School of Dental Medicine, Department of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, Gundulićeva 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-2864-150X
Anja BarabaUniversity of Zagreb, School of Dental Medicine, Department of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, Gundulićeva 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-9117-3972

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Croatian Science Foundation HRZZ-IP-2022-10-6065
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of human blood contamination, before and after hardening of the materials, on microhardness of high-viscosity Fuji IX GP Extra (Fuji IX) and resin-modified Fuji II LC (Fuji II) glass-ionomer cement (GIC) and glass-hybrid material EQUIA Forte HT (EQUIA), with and without protective coating EQUIA Forte Coat (Coat), before and after thermocycling. Four groups (n = 40): 1. Fuji IX; 2. Fuji II; 3. EQUIA and 4. EQUIA + Coat were further subdivided into 3 subgroups: (1) Control; (2) blood contamination before hardening; (3) blood contamination after hardening, resulting in a total of 12 groups of 10 samples each. Samples were prepared using teflon molds (5 mm × 2 mm). Microhardness was measured using a Vickers microhardness tester before and after thermocycling (10,000 cycles), and data were statistically analyzed (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, ANOVA, Scheffe's test). In the control groups, the highest microhardness was measured for EQUIA+Coat before thermocycling (70.71 ± 8.79) and after thermocycling (68.6 ± 7.65). Within the groups exposed to blood after hardening, the highest microhardness was recorded in the thermocycled EQUIA+Coat group (73.07 ± 8.85). Blood contamination before hardening negatively affected the microhardness of Fuji II, Fuji IX, and EQUIA+Coat. Exposure to blood after hardening increased the microhardness of Fuji IX and EQUIA, thermocycled Fuji IX and thermocycled EQUIA + Coat samples.

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bioactive restorative materialsmechanical propertiesthermocyclingVickers hardness test

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PMID40942500
PMCPMC12429611

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