Dual-cured luting materials tested
Table 3: Water sorption and solubility measured for the selected products, in micrograms per cubic millimeters
Comment: Two products did not comply with the requirements of water sorption, and one product did not comply with both water sorption and water solubility. The requirement of water sorption is ≤ 40 µg/mm³ and the requirement for water solubility is ≤ 7,5 µg/mm³.
Product (A) | Mean water sorption (µg/mm3) | Manufacturers given value for water sorption (B) (µg/mm3) | Mean water solubility (µg/mm3) | Manufacturers given value for water solubility (B) (µg/mm3) |
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Bifix SE | 49 (C) | - | 3,5 | - |
Calibra | 19 | - | 1 | - |
G-CEM Automix | 25 | - | -1,1 | - |
iCEM | 73 (C) | - | 4,7 | - |
Maxcem Elite | 60 (D) | - | 10 (D) | - |
Multilink AutoMix | 30 | < 40 | 1,8 | < 7,5 |
NX3 Dual Automix | 25 | - | 2,2 | - |
ParaCem Universal DC | 16 | - | -0,1 | - |
RelyX Unicem Aplicap | 28 | 25 | -1,8 | -2 |
RelyX Unicem 2 Automix | 27 | 28 | -3,6 | 0 |
SmartCem 2 | 25 | 21,22 ± 0,31 | 4,7 | 3,69 ± 1,32 |
Automix Dual | ||||
Variolink II | 26 | 25 | 0,2 | 1 |
(A) Shades as in Table 2.
(B) Information from IFU or/and manufacturers site.
(C) The product does not comply with the requirement for water sorption in ISO 4049.
(E) The average of multiple repetitions. The product does not comply with the requirement for water sorption and solubility in ISO 4049.