Two-year Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial of a Flowable and Conventional Composite in Class I Restorations

Abstract

The flowable and conventional composites used in this study have similar clinical efficacy after two years of service when placed as Class I occlusal restorations having isthmus widths less than one-half the intercuspal distance.

Clinical Evaluation of a Self-Adhering Flowable Resin Composite in Minimally Invasive Class I Cavities: 5-year Results of a Double Blind Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial

“…Consequently, an increased rate for marginal discoloration, marginal adaptation and secondary caries is expected. However, a clinical study reported that, after two years, a flowable composite showed the results that were similar to a conventional resin composite (26). In the present study, after 5 years, the flowable composites exhibited similar results.…”

“…U skladu s tim, očekuju se češće rubne promjene boje, lošija rubna prilagodba i sekundarni karijes. No u jednom kliničkom istraživanju istaknuto je da je nakon dvije godine tekući kompozit imao slične rezultate kao konvencionalni (26). U ovom su istraživanju nakon pet godina tekući kompoziti pokazali slične rezultate.…”

Discoloration of different esthetic restorative materials: A spectrophotometric evaluation

“…A study by Lawson et al reported similar clinical color match after 2 years of service between microfilled flowable and conventional composites. [13] In a 4-year clinical evaluation by Schirrmeister et al, Ceram•X demonstrated acceptable marginal discoloration. [14] Finally, Filtek Supreme XT and Gradia Direct posterior showed acceptable clinical performance and color stability after 5-year and 3-year clinical evaluations, respectively.…”

Two‐year clinical comparison of a flowable‐type nano‐hybrid composite and a paste‐type composite in posterior restoration

“…For better flowability, previously‐used flowable‐type composites contained less filler, thus were mainly used in the lining of the cavity and the filling of the cavity free from occlusal pressure . Recently, nanotechnology, as well as filler surface preparation technology, have greatly improved the properties of flowable‐type composites, which has led to development of a new flowable‐type composite with good strength, abrasion resistance, and excellent anatomy‐forming properties, and expanded clinical application for the occlusal cavity …”

“…19,20 Recently, nanotechnology, as well as filler surface preparation technology, have greatly improved the properties of flowabletype composites, 12,21 which has led to development of a new flowable-type composite with good strength, abrasion resistance, and excellent anatomy-forming properties, and expanded clinical application for the occlusal cavity. [22][23][24] In the present study, a newly-developed, flowable-type nano-hybrid composite (MI FIL [MI group], G-aenial Universal Flo; GC, Tokyo, Japan) and Heliomolar (HM group) were clinically evaluated for 2 years to compare their performance in posterior cavity restoration cases. The hypothesis tested was that clinical properties of the flowable-type nano-hybrid composite restorations show no difference from those of the paste-type composite restorations.…”