Surface Roughness, Microhardness, and Microleakage of a Silorane-Based Composite Resin after Immediate or Delayed Finishing/Polishing

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SEM images of silorane-based composite resin surface: (a) control, without surface finishing and polishing 3,000x magnification and (b) 5,000x magnification; (c) surface finished and polished with the Astropol immediately and (d) after 7 days (3,000x); (e) surface finished and polished with Enhance system immediately and (f) after 7 days (3,000x); and (g) surface finished and polished with Sof-Lex discs immediately and (h) after 7 days (3,000x).

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