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RAMIREZ, R.A.  y  SETIEN, V. J.. Flexión cuspidea y sellado marginal usando bases de bajo módulo elástico en cavidades MOD.. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2006, vol.44, n.1, pp.51-57. ISSN 0001-6365.

Introduction: Low elastic modulus liners (LEML), such as resin-modified polyalkenoates (RMP) and flowable composites (FC) under resin-based composites (RBC) restorations, absorb polymerization stress, which may decrease cusps flexure and microleakage through a gingival wall gap. This research intended to determine to what degree cusps flexion and gingival microleakage decrease when LEML are used in deep MOD. Materials and methods: 20 MOD cavities were made in bicusps; they were randomly divided in three groups. Group I, bulk (n=6) Singlebond and TPH were used to restore the cavities with an incremental technique. Group II, flowable (n=7), Tetric Flow was used in a thin layer prior to TPH. Group III, polyalkenoate (n=7), Fuji II LC was used in the proximal boxes before restoring with TPH. Inter-cuspal length was measure before and after placing restorations. Samples were thermocycled 600 times before being submerged in 50% silver nitrate solution during two hours. The silver nitrate was then fixed with a Kodak fixer solution and samples were transversally sectioned. The depth of the silver nitrate penetration was measured in both proximal boxes of each specimen. Results: Groups mean cusps closure was as follows: I= 115 mm, II= 120 mm and III= 127 mm (p= 0.982). Microleakage was statistically significant different (p=0.002) being (I = II) > III. Conclusion: Under the conditions of this study LEML could not avoid cuspal flexion, the use of RMP decreased gingival microleakage when no enamel is present.

Palabras clave : Microfiltración; flexión cuspidea; bases de bajo módulo elástico; técnica de obturación incremental; resinas compuestas; polialquenoatos modificados con resina; resinas fluidas.