Table 1: Materials Used in the Study

Brand Manufacturer Lot no. Composition
FC Experimental short fiber composite Look at material part
Filtek Z250 3M ESPE Dental products, St paul, MN, USA 20061003 BisGMA, UDMA, BisEMA
Grandio Voco, Cuxhaven, Germany 630615 Aliphatic and aromatic dimethacrylates, 78% by weight filler
Nulite Hornsby NSW, Australia 021703 BisGMA based hybrid composite resin
Fuji II LC GC corporation, Japan 540 1042 Resin modified Glass-ionomer cement
Amalgam (ANA 2000) Nordiska Dental AB, Ängelholm, Sweden 95127-3468 Silver, copper, tin, zinc and mercury
everStick StickTeck Ltd, Turku, Finland 2060727-ES-158 E-glass fibers, PMMA, BisGMA
Ribbond Ribbond Inc, Seattle, Washington, USA 9541 UHMW-polyethylene, BisGMA
Cerana class 1 Nordiska Dental AB, Ängelholm, Sweden 141002-26XL Leucite reinforced glass ceramic

PMMA, poly methyl methacrylate, Mw 220.000
BisGMA, bisphenol A-glycidyl dimethacrylate.
TEGDMA, triethylenglycol dimethacrylate.
UDMA, urethane dimethacrylate.
BisEMA, bisphenol A polyethylene glycol diether.
UHMW, ultra high molecular weight