RESEARCH ARTICLE
Roughness Analysis on Composite Materials (Microfilled, Nanofilled and Silorane) After Different Finishing and Polishing Procedures
Francesco Pettini1, Massimo Corsalini 1, *, Maria Grazia Savino1, Gianluca Stefanachi 1, Daniela Di Venere1, Carmine Pappalettere2, Giuseppe Monno2, Antonio Boccaccio2, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2015Volume: 9
First Page: 357
Last Page: 367
Publisher ID: TODENTJ-9-357
DOI: 10.2174/1874210601509010357
Article History:
Received Date: 30/12/2014Revision Received Date: 17/8/2015
Acceptance Date: 25/8/2015
Electronic publication date: 30/10/2015
Collection year: 2015

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Abstract
The finishing and polishing of composite materials affect the restoration lifespan. The market shows a variety of finishing and polishing procedures and the choice among them is conditioned by different factors such as the resulting surface roughness. In the present study, 156 samples were realized with three composite materials, -microfilled, nanofilled and silorane-, and treated with different finishing and polishing procedures. Profilometric analyses were carried out on the samples’ surface, the measured roughness values were submitted to statistical analysis. A complete factorial plan was drawn up and two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was carried out to investigate whether the following factors affect the values of roughness: (i) material; (ii) polishing/finishing procedure. Tukey post-hoc test was also conducted to evaluate any statistically significant differences between the material/procedure combinations. The results show that the tested materials do not affect the resulting surface quality but roughness values depend on the finishing/polishing procedure adopted. The procedures that involve: (a) the finishing with medium Sof-Lex discs and (b) the finishing with two tungsten carbide multi-blade milling cutters Q series and UF series are those that allow the lowest values of roughness to be obtained.