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Resin-Based Dental Composite Materials

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Resin-based dental composite (RBDC) is among the most revolutionary development in restorative dental materials. This tooth-colored material was innovated mainly to restore the esthetic and function of the human dentition. The main objective of the chapter is to focus on reviewing the history of evolving of this material. Moreover, it gives highlights on the progress and advancement of their compositional formulations, physical and mechanical properties, as well as some related clinical perspective application. This chapter describes RBDCs according to their main composition components, namely; resin, filler, and silane coupling agent, and also the recent improvements in each of these components to fulfill higher standard prerequisites and properties as a dental restorative material. Additionally, classification of RBDCs was illustrated according to the basic way of: type, size of fillers and filler load, curing method, as well as viscosity of the resin. However, the recent classification was presented according to the clinical application as bulk-fill and also to different types of resin matrices innovated based on chemical structure other than dimethacrylate-based resin as silorane and ormocer. Nowadays, the focus of recent research is on bisphenol A (BPA)-free dental composites based on different chemistry of resin matrix in order to reduce human exposure to BPA derivative’s side effects and to meet many properties for clinical application. Another important targeted aim of the RBDC’s researches is concentrated on developing a resin chemistry of very low polymerization shrinkage and high general properties. Dental biomaterial researches are endeavored toward developing self-adhesive, self-repair, and biomimetic composites with antimicrobial release-on compounds.

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  1. Operative Dentistry Department, King Abdulaziz University, 35030, 21488, Jeddah, Saudi arabia

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Marghalani, H.Y. (2016). Resin-Based Dental Composite Materials. In: Antoniac, I. (eds) Handbook of Bioceramics and Biocomposites. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12460-5_22

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