The Effect of Exposed Glass Fibers and Particles of Bioactive Glass on the Surface Wettability of Composite Implants

Table 3

Mean values and standard deviations (SD) of the specimens’ surface roughness recorded with a confocal image profiler.

Groups	Mean roughness, μm (SD)
	Photo polymerized	Postpolymerized by heat
(1) Polymer with in-plane oriented fibers	0.061 (0.013)	0.037 (0.008)
(2) Polymer with transversely oriented fibers	0.024 (0.003)	0.018 (0.004)
(3) 100% polymer (BisGMA-TEGDMA)	0.006 (0.001)	0.008 (0.001)
(4) 75% polymer + 25 wt. % fraction of BAG-particles	0.035 (0.008)	0.051 (0.021)
(5) 50% polymer + 50 wt. % fraction of BAG-particles	0.042 (0.003)	0.096 (0.026)
(6) 25% polymer + 75 wt. % fraction of BAG-particles	0.088 (0.012)	0.045 (0.018)
(7) 100% BAG*	0.012 (0.003)

*No curing.