The aim of the study was to evaluate the marginal microgaps of two light-induced polymerization composite materials: Filtek P60 (3M ESPE) and Opticor New (Spofa Dental) in ovine teeth in vivo.The restorative materials were placed to type A-cavity to buccal surfaces of permanent teeth (Triadan system 301, 302, 303, 401, 402, 403). The variables of composite materials were evaluated in 3 groups of animals, 2 animals in each, at different time intervals (1, 6 and 9 months after beginning of the experiment). In various time intervals, 12 teeth per group were extracted under general injection anaesthesia, 6 teeth from each animal). Altogether 36 teeth were extracted throughout the experiment.During the experiment we observed neither cracks nor marginal discoloration in both Filtek P60 and Opticor New restorations. Retention of all restorations was 100%.Significant (P = 0.029 ANOVA) differences were observed in the dentin with Filtek P60 packable restorations which exhibited smaller marginal microgaps (OPTICOR NEW and dentin 11.09 , FILTEK P60 and dentin 5.64 μ). The ean size of icrogaps between dentin and the packable coposite aterial Filtek P60 was significantly lower (P = 0.029 ANOVA) in comparison with the microhybrid Opticor New composite restorations. These materials are suitable as permanent restoration of dental cervical caries in sheep and other herbivores, such as those kept in zoological gardens and companion animals.
Light-cure filling, dentition, histology, restoration, sheep, experimentAt present, veterinary dentistry often deals with the issue of caries. Due to wrong feeding this disease is diagnosed especially in companion animals kept in apartments (Hale 1998;Capík 2007). Caries (caries dentinum) is a disease of hard dental tissues. It is a multifactorial disease (Vaško et al. 1994;Capík 2008). Advanced dental caries may result in indication for dental crown reconstruction using metal materials (Capík 2005). In stomatology practice, different types of restorations are used.The size of arginal leakages between a filling and cavity wall represents an iportant evaluation criterion of filling aterials in clinical stoatology. These icrogaps arise ainly due to a polyerization shock as well as the coefficient of linear theral expansion of the filling and hard dental tissues. In vitro study by Loguercio at al. (2004) evaluated these microleakages. Specimens were thermocycled (500 cycles between 5 to 55 °C, analogous to changes of cold and hot feed and ingestion of liquids) and immersed in 0.5% methylene blue. The packable composites (e.g. Filtek P60) showed lower polymerization shrinkage compared to the hybrid resin. Food as a negative factor of polymerization shrinkage of composites is described by Attin et al. (1995) at the neck area of a tooth by post-operative sensitivity. When comparing the thermal expansion, Pucklett et al. (1995) concluded that classical glass-ionomeric cements have the lowest thermal expansion. The composites, on the other hand, exhibited the highest thermal ex...