Impact of Nanoparticles Additions on the Strength of Dental Composite Resin

Table 1

The study’s materials.

Trade name	Manufacturer	Specifications
Nexcomp	META BIOMED, Korea	Resin: Bis-GMA, Bis-EMA, UDMA, TEGDMA
		Fillers: 0.04-0.7 μm barium aluminum borosilicate, light cured A2 shade. Density 1.5 g/cm^3
ZrO2 nanoparticles	NanoGATE, Cairo, Egypt	Spherical, white, and tetragonal particles with average size 12 ± 3 nm, density 5,89 g/cm^3 at 25°C (purity >99%)
TiO2 nanoparticles	NanoGATE, Cairo, Egypt	Spherical, white, and anatase particles with average size 15 ± 3 nm, density 4,26 g/cm3 at 25°C (purity >99%)
SiO2 nanoparticles	NanoGATE, Cairo, Egypt	Spherical, white, and amorphous particles with average size 21 ± 3 nm, density 2 g/cm^3 at 25°C (purity >99%)
Silane coupling agent	Sigma-Aldrich Chemie GmbH Riedstrasse 2, Germany	Purity 98%, ethanol 99.7%. lot no. 440159