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. %

*E-glass: electrical glass, R336 silane sizing.
**BisGMA: bisphenol A-glycidyl dimethacrylate.
***TEGDMA: triethylenglycoldimethacrylate.
****BAG: bioactive glass.