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B Yazkan1, E U Celik2, D Recen3
1*Basak Yazkan, PhD, Pamukkale University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Kınıklı, Denizli, Turkey.
Aim:
To compare the surface roughness and color stability of a novel alkasite with current direct restorative materials with and without an aging step.
Methods And Materials:
Twenty-six specimens of each of the following materials were prepared: alkasite, ormocer, giomer, high-viscosity glass ionomer, glass carbomer, and nanohybrid composite (control). Half of the specimens in each group were stained, the other half of the specimens were aged and then stained. Color and surface roughness evaluations were conducted at baseline, after aging and after staining, using a dental spectrophotometer, and a three-dimentional (3D) noncontact optical profilometer, respectively. Statistical analyses were completed using one-way analysis of variance, post hoc Tukey test, and paired samples t-test.
Results:
At baseline and after aging, the surface of alkasite was found to be rougher than nanohybrid composite and ormocer surfaces (p<0.05). However, in terms of roughness increase caused by aging, ormocer, nanohybrid composite, and alkasite were affected in a similar way (p>0.05). In terms of color stability, alkasite was more colored than nanohybrid composite and ormocer (p<0.05), and performed similar to giomer (p>0.05).
Conclusions:
The surface roughness and color stability characteristics of alkasite material was between composite resins and glass ionomer-based materials after aging.
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