Glass-Ceramic Fillers Based on Zinc Oxide-Silica Systems for Dental Composite Resins: Effect on Mechanical Properties.

The potential of glass ceramics as applicable materials in various fields including fillers for dental restorations is our guide to present a new procedure for improvements of the mechanical properties of dental composites. This work aims to use ZnSiO and SiO-ZnO nano-materials as fillers to improve the mechanical properties of Bis-GMA/TEGDMA mixed dental resins. ZnSiO and SiO-ZnO samples were prepared and characterized by using XRD, FE-SEM, EDX, and FT-IR techniques.