Research Article
The Effect of Exposed Glass Fibers and Particles of Bioactive Glass on the Surface Wettability of Composite Implants
Table 1
Materials used in the investigation.
| Product | Description | Manufacturer | Lot no. | Composition |
| E-glass* fiber | Unidirectional fiber | Ahlstrom, Karhula, Finland | 11372313 | 55% SiO2, 15% Al2O3, 22% CaO, 6% B2O3, 0.5% MgO, and >1.0% Fe + Na + K | Stick resin | Light curing resin | Stick Tech, Turku, Finland | 54031672 | BisGMA–** TEGDMA*** (50–50%) | BAG**** particles | (S53P4) particles <50 μm | Vivoxid Ltd, Turku, Finland | ABM S53-8-01 | SiO2 53 wt. %, Na2O 23 wt. %, CaO 20 wt. %, and P2O5 4 wt. % |
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*E-glass: electrical glass, R336 silane sizing.
**BisGMA: bisphenol A-glycidyl dimethacrylate.
***TEGDMA: triethylenglycoldimethacrylate.
****BAG: bioactive glass.
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