Effects of polymerization mode on tensile strength and microhardness of dual resin cements

• Grant number: 07/00444-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2007
• End date: September 30, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Dentistry - Dental Materials
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo Marins de Carvalho
• Grantee: Paulo Roberto Barbosa Junior
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru (FOB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Bauru , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Recent studies have demonstrated that the polymerization kinetics of dual resin cements are more complex from what they used to think. Since this problem is already known, the proposition of this project is to evaluate some resin cements with different polymerization modes and their respectively mechanical properties, such as microtensile and microhardeness.