Research Article

Effect of Camphorquinone Concentration in Physical-Mechanical Properties of Experimental Flowable Resin Composites

Table 1

Degree of conversion (DC), softening rate (SS), surface hardness () flexural strength (FS), elastic modulus (), shrinkage stress (SS), color parameters (yellowing: and Luminosity: ) of experimental flowable composites according to concentration of CQ. Mean (standard deviation).

[CQ]DC (%)SR (%)(KHN)FS (MPa)(GPa)SS (MPa)

0.25%31.01 (2.31) c65.52 (5.71) c67.84 (7.55) a109.07 (7.81) a2.88 (0.54) b0.60 (0.08) b8.68 (0.64) a72.87 (0.57) a
0.50%38.52 (1.53) b48.38 (6.25) b63.05 (8.11) a120.42 (20.12) a3.89 (0.95) a0.74 (0.05) a10.28 (1.80) a72.44 (0.48) a
1%42.63 (1.08) a36.70 (4.38) a65.59 (5.63) a121.15 (17.14) a4.11 (0.85) a0.90 (0.14) a15.30 (4.03) ab71.45 (0.31) b
1.50%43.50 (1.62) a39.44 (4.86) ab68.47 (5.98) a96.01 (08.93) b4.50 (1.08) a0.81 (0.09) a19.12 (6.55) bc70.48 (0.41) c
2%46.41 (0.94) a44.03 (8.14) ab68.18 (5.78) a97.35 (16.49) b4.62 (0.75) a0.83 (0.14) a22.38 (6,98) c69.81 (0.35) c

Means followed by the same letter in column indicate lack of significant difference according to Tukey’s test.