The Surface Roughness and Gloss of Composites
- 1 May 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 63 (5), 685-688
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345840630051601
Abstract
The contrast gloss and the average roughness were measured for four commercial composite filling materials. Using a factorial design, each material was subjected to four available finishing methods. A significant difference was found in the contrast gloss among finishing methods, and a significant linear regression is given which relates the inverse of the contrast gloss to the average roughness. Surface gloss is proposed as playing a major role in the esthetic appearance of composite restorations.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Surface finish of dental composite restorative materialsJournal of Biomedical Materials Research, 1978