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Table 1 Materials used in this study

From: Effect of two artificial aging protocols on color and gloss of single-shade versus multi-shade resin composites

Product

Manufacturer

Filler type

Filler content

Matrix composition

Shade

Lot

wt%

vol%

Omnichroma

Tokuyama Dental, Tokyo, Japan

Uniform sized supra-nano spherical filler (260 nm spherical SiO2-ZrO2) and composite filler

79%

68%

UDMA*, TEGDMA**

Universal

016E21

Filtek Z350 XT

3 M ESPE, Minnesota, USA

non-agglomerated/non-aggregated 20 nm silica filler, non-agglomerated/non-aggregated 4 to 11 nm zirconia filler, and aggregated zirconia/silica cluster filler (comprised of 20 nm silica and 4 to 11 nm zirconia particles)

78.5%

63.3%

Bis-GMA***, UDMA, TEGDMA, Bis-EMA(6)† PEGDMA††

A2B

NC93014

  1. *UDMA urethane dimethacrylate, **TEGDMA triethylene glycol dimethacrylate,***BisGMA bisphenol A diglycidildimethacrylate, †Bis-EMA Ethoxylatedbisphenol A dimethacrylate. ††PEGDMA polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate