Abstract

RAMIREZ, R. A; SETIEN, V. J; ORELLANA, N. G  and  GARCIA, C. Microfiltración en cavidades clase II restauradas con resinas compuestas de baja contracción. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2009, vol.47, n.1, pp.131-139. ISSN 0001-6365.

Objective: The purpose of this research was to compare the sealing capability of three all-composite system Class II (human premolars) restorations at the gingival margin. The three systems used were: group 1 ORMOCER (Admira Bond, Admira Flow A2, Admira A2 -Voco), group 2 NANOHYBRID (Solobond M, Grandio FlowA2, GrandioA2 - Voco), group 3 HYBRID (Excite, Tetric Flow A2, Tetric Ceram A2 - Ivoclar /Vivadent). Methods and Materials: 30 human premolars were prepared with 2 single classes II and randomly assigned to three groups (G1, G2, and G3) with 20 restorations for each one following the manufacturer's instructions. After restored, samples were thermocycled (500 cycles between 5-55◦C) and stored in water for 90 days. Then, they were immersed in a 50% of Ag ion solution for two hours, sectioned and analyzed by digital imaging. No-parametric test (Kruskal-Wallis) was used to detect statistical differences. Results: Significant differences in microleakage were observed (p = 0,002) among the restorative materials used. Respect to the manufacturer's system the mean ranks were 20.98 G3, 31.65 G1, and 38.88 G2. Conclusion: Under the conditions of this study, the reduced polymerization shrinkages reported for ORMOCER G1 (1,97vol %) or NANOHYBRID G2 (1,57vol %) don't show better capacity of sealing in gingival margins of class II after thermo - cycling and water storage when compared to HYBRID G3 (2,32vol %).

Keywords : Microleakage; Low-shrinkage composite; Long-term water storage; Resin composite.