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Effect of chemical structure and composition of the resin phase on vinyl conversion of amorphous calcium phosphate‐filled composites
Author(s) -
Skrtic D,
Antonucci JM
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.2129
Subject(s) - materials science , copolymer , methacrylate , composite material , monomer , photopolymer , triethylene glycol , polymer , polymer chemistry , glass transition , polymerization , composite number
Abstract The objective of this study was to elucidate the effect of chemical structure and composition of the polymer matrix on the degree of vinyl conversion ( DC ) of copolymers (unfilled resins) and their amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) composites attained upon photopolymerization. The DC can also be an indicator of the relative potential of these polymeric materials to leach out into the oral environment un‐reacted monomers that could adversely affect their biocompatibility. The following resins were examined: (1) 2,2‐bis[ p ‐(2′‐hydroxy‐3′‐methacryloxypropoxy)phenyl]propane (Bis‐GMA)/triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA) (1:1 mass ratio; BT resin) combined with hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA; BTH resin) and with HEMA and zirconyl dimethacrylate (BTHZ resin); (2) urethane dimethacrylate (UDMA)/HEMA resins; and (3) pyromellitic glycerol dimethacrylate (PMGDMA)/TEGDMA (PT resin). To make composite specimens, resins were mixed with a mass fraction of 40% zirconia‐hybridized ACP. Copolymers and their composites were evaluated using near infrared spectroscopy for DC after 1 d and 28 d post‐cure at 23 °C. Inclusion of HEMA into the BT and UDMA resins yielded copolymers and composites with the highest DC s. The significantly lower DC s of PT copolymers and their composites are attributed to the rigid aromatic core structure, tetravinyl functionality and limited methacrylate side‐chain flexibility of the surface‐active PMGDMA monomer. There was, however, an increase in the 28 d DC for the PT materials as there was for the BTHZ system. Surprisingly, the usual decrease observed in DC in going from unfilled polymer to composite was reversed for the PT system. Published in 2007 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd