Abstract
The photopolymerization kinetics of typical dental dimethacrylate monomers were studied by differential photocalorimetry. Increasing proportions of the low-viscosity diluent monomer triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA) were added to either Bis-GMA (2,2-bis[p-(2‘-hydroxy-3‘-methacryloxypropoxy)phenylene]propane), EBADMA (ethoxylated bisphenol A dimethacrylate), or UDMA (1,6-bis(methacryloxy-2-ethoxycarbonylamino)-2,4,4-trimethylhexane) to provide three base resins that differed in their hydrogen-bonding potential and, therefore, resulted in compositions covering a broad range of viscosities. When compared at similar diluent concentrations, UDMA resins were significantly more reactive than Bis-GMA and EBADMA resins. At higher diluent concentrations, EBADMA resins provided the lowest photopolymerization reactivities. Optimum reactivities in the UDMA and EBADMA resin systems were obtained with the addition of relatively small amounts of TEGDMA, whereas the Bis-GMA/TEGDMA resin system required near equiv...
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