Abstract
Commercial resin matrixes of dental composites generally utilize diluents such as triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA) to reduce viscosity. However, the diluents exhibited adverse effects such as higher volume shrinkage and diminished mechanical properties of the dental composites. To overcome these adverse effects, developing of both inorganic fillers and resin monomers is necessary to improve the properties of dental composite. In this work, monodispersed silica microspheres with a diameter of 400nm were synthesized via the Stöber process. The as-prepared particles were silanized with 3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (γ-MPS) and used as fillers. Additionally, ethoxylated bisphenol A dimethacrylate (EBPADMA) with lower viscosity and higher molecular mass was introduced as a base resin monomer, which could be used as resin matrixes with a low amount of diluent. Various resin mixtures of EBPADMA, bisphenol A diglycidyl dimethacrylate (Bis-GMA) and TEGDMA were prepared, which had a similar filler content (71wt.%), and their mechanical properties, volume shrinkage, depth of cure and light transmission were examined. Among them, the resin mixture containing 70% EBPADMA and 30% TEGDMA exhibited the best compression strength (238.1±5.4MPa), depth of cure (4.02±0.04mm) and the lowest volume shrinkage (2.27%).
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