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Development of Dental Composites

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Dental Composite Materials for Direct Restorations

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Nowadays, dental composite is the material of choice for direct restorations in anterior and posterior teeth. Since their commercialization in the 1960’s the development of dental composites has been an ongoing effort with key compositional changes related to fillers and resins but also curing characteristics. The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of the development of dental composites for direct restorations. Roughly three major periods can be distinguished in the timeframe of their development so far: (1) mid 1960’s – late 1970’s with major changes in the curing characteristics (from self- and UV-cured to visible light-cured composites); (2) late 1970’ – mid 2000’s with various filler modifications (from macro- and micro-filled to hybrid and nano-filled) and (3) mid 2000’s – mid 2010’s with important resin modifications (from methacrylates to high molecular weight modified methacrylates, siloranes and self-adhesive composites).

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    Triethyleneglycoldimethacrylate.

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    Urethane dimethacrylate.

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    Ethoxylated bisphenol A dimethacrylate.

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Miletic, V. (2018). Development of Dental Composites. In: Miletic, V. (eds) Dental Composite Materials for Direct Restorations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60961-4_1

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