1Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Korea.
2Department of Dental Biomaterials Science, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Korea.
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The amounts of cuspal deflection restored with Filtek flow or Z-250 were 2.18 ± 0.92 µm and 2.95 ± 1.13 µm, respectively. Filtek flow showed less cuspal deflection but there was no statistically significant difference (p > 0.05).
The two specimens in each group showed gap at the inner portion of the cavity.
The polymerization shrinkages of Filtek flow and Z-250 were 4.41% and 2.23% respectively, and the flexural modulus of elasticity of cured Filtek flow (7.77 GPa) was much lower than that of Z-250 (17.43 GPa).
The cuspal deflection depends not only on the polymerization shrinkage but also on the modulus of elasticity of composites.
(CT-CEJ: distance between buccal cusp tip and cemento-enamel junction, BL: maximum bucco-lingual width, MD: maximum mesio-distal width)
(CT-CEJ: distance between buccal cusp tip and cemento-enamel junction, BL: maximum bucco-lingual width, MD: maximum mesio-distal width)