Effects of cigarette smoke on color, roughness and gloss of high-viscosity bulk-fill resin composites.
Jéssica Dias Theobaldo, Waldemir Francisco Vieira-Júnior, Karine Laura Cortellazzi, Giselle Maria Marchi, Débora Lima, Flávio Henrique Baggio Aguiar
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of cigarette smoke (CS) on color, roughness and gloss of bulk-fill resin composites. METHODS: Resin discs (10 x 2 mm) were made for resin composites (n= 10) : Filtek Z250XT (control), Filtek One Bulk Fill (FOBF), Tetric N-Ceram Bulk-Fill (TBF) and Aura Bulk-Fill (ABF). The color ( ΔL*, Δa*, Δb*, ΔE and ΔE00), roughness (Ra) and gloss analyses were performed at the baseline and after CS exposure (10 packs of cigarettes - Marlboro Red). The data were analyzed with repeated measures ANOVA and Tukey's test for Ra and gloss; and one-way ANOVA and Tukey's test for ΔL*, Δa*, Δb*, ΔE and ΔE00 ( α= 0.05). RESULTS: For ΔL*, all groups presented reduced luminosity and all bulk-fill resin composites differed statistically from the control (P< 0.05). ABF presented greater variation of ΔL*, differing statistically from all resin composites (P< 0.05). For ΔE and ΔE00, all bulk-fill resin composites showed greater staining, differing statistically from the control, which presented lower values. For Ra, after CS, only ABF presented a decrease, differing statistically from baseline (P< 0.05). After CS smoke, all groups presented gloss increase, statistically different from the baseline (P< 0.05), and when compared among resin composites, no difference was found. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Bulk-fill resin composites are more prone to staining by cigarette smoke when compared to the conventional microhybrid resin composites.