{"title":"Contribution of micropores in porous zirconia spheres to high optical transparency of dental resin composites.","authors":"Shingo Mizobuchi, Masataka Ohtani, Kazuya Kobiro","doi":"10.4012/dmj.2023-106","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transparency to UV-Vis light and radiopacity of dental resin composites containing zirconia (ZrO<sub>2</sub>) fillers were investigated. The transparency of the resin composite containing porous ZrO<sub>2</sub> spheres was much higher than that containing irregularly shaped ZrO<sub>2</sub> particles. Calcination of the porous ZrO<sub>2</sub> spheres at high temperatures led to dramatically reduced specific surface areas and pore volumes. The transparency of the resin composite containing the calcined porous ZrO<sub>2</sub> spheres drastically decreased as the calcination temperature increased. Then, the enhanced UV-Vis transmittance of the resin composite containing porous ZrO<sub>2</sub> spheres is attributed to the concentration and physical characteristics of the pores. The radiopacity of the resin composites containing porous ZrO<sub>2</sub> spheres increased slightly with increasing calcination temperature. This study revealed that the internal structure of the ZrO<sub>2</sub> fillers mainly influenced in the UV-Vis light transmittance of the resin composites.</p>","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4012/dmj.2023-106","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/12/29 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Transparency to UV-Vis light and radiopacity of dental resin composites containing zirconia (ZrO2) fillers were investigated. The transparency of the resin composite containing porous ZrO2 spheres was much higher than that containing irregularly shaped ZrO2 particles. Calcination of the porous ZrO2 spheres at high temperatures led to dramatically reduced specific surface areas and pore volumes. The transparency of the resin composite containing the calcined porous ZrO2 spheres drastically decreased as the calcination temperature increased. Then, the enhanced UV-Vis transmittance of the resin composite containing porous ZrO2 spheres is attributed to the concentration and physical characteristics of the pores. The radiopacity of the resin composites containing porous ZrO2 spheres increased slightly with increasing calcination temperature. This study revealed that the internal structure of the ZrO2 fillers mainly influenced in the UV-Vis light transmittance of the resin composites.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
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