Wesynthesizedsilvermethacrylate,addedittoresinfordentaluse,andobservedcolorchangesintheresinfromcolorlessto red-purplefollowinglightirradiation.Therefore,0.01-0.10wt%silvermethacrylatewasaddedtotwotypesofresinpowder, i.e., self-curing resin produced by the polymerization of a barbituric acid derivative, quaternary ammonium, and an organometalliccompound(TypeI),andBPO-tertiaryamineresin(TypeII),andsampleswereproducedbypolymerization withtheattachedmonomer.Changeswithtimeinthecolorofsamplesfrom3hours(newsamples)to16days(oldsamples) afterpolymerizationandalsocolorchangesofoldandnewsamplesafterheatingwereevaluated.Subsequently,changesin colorwithvariationsinthelightintensity,irradiationtime,andwavelengthwereevaluatedintermsofcolordifferences.