Avaliação numérico-experimental da distribuição de tensões geradas pela contração de polimerização de resinas compostas

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the distribution of the stresses generated by the polymerization shrinkage of three composite resins [FiltekTM Z250 (3M ESPE, St. Paul, Minn., USA); FiltekTM Z350 (3M ESPE, St. Paul, Minn., USA) and P-90 (3M ESPE, St. Paul, Minn., USA)], with mechanical tests and finite element analysis (FEM). Ten samples of each composite resin were prepared in metal matrix of 25 X 2 X 2 mm and were tested in the flexural 3 points bend strength in a universal testing machine and a cross-head speed of 0.5 mm / min. After, more 10 samples of each composite resin were prepared in a metal matrix in the form of an hourglass measuring 10 x 3 x 1.5 mm with a central bottleneck of 1.5 mm were submitted to a tensile strength in an universal testing machine with a load cell of 10 N and a crosshead speed of 1.0 mm / min until material failure occurred. After, FEM analysis was made simulating the effects of a class V restoration. In the mechanical tests of tensile strength (MPa) and 3 points bend flexural strength (MPa) respectively, all composites obtained similar results, being to FiltekTM Z-250 (36.51 ± 8.14 and 158.51 ± 31.80), to FiltekTM Z-350 (34.43 ± 6.49 and 146.65 ± 18.83) and to FiltekTM P90 (37.35 ± 7.51 and 148.00 ± 26.24) with no statistical differences by Two-way ANOVA test andBonferroni (alpha = 0.05) post-hoc. In the FEM analysis, the silorane based resin (FiltekTM P90) showed lower values of tension produced by polymerization shrinkage and better able to dissipate it by the adjacent structures.