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Urethane monomer/diluent monomer mixtures were used in dental composite resin veneering materials filled with various ratios of powder (filler)/liquid (comonomer), P/L. Hardness values of unfilled resins containing benzoyl peroxide only (BP0; 0.5 wt%), and filled resins (included trimethylol propane trimethacrylate (TMPT) composite filler) were tested. Significant increases in hardness were obtained with the use of TMPT composite filler in the resins. Also, their modulus values measured by bend test showed an increasing trend, compared to a commercial composite resin veneering material (a control sample; CONT) with a lower filler content (50 wt%). The DME-DPMDC/HPDM comonomer (dimethacryloxyethyl diphenylmethane-4,4'-dicarbamate/hydroxypropyl dimethacrylate), which showed a smaller fraction of surface porosity, gave greater mechanical strength values at P/L ratios of 0.55 (17.8 wt% filler content) to 1.20 (27.3 wt%) than a CONT resin. The coefficient of thermal expansion was smaller in urethane-based filling materials than a CONT resin. Also, greater activation energy of thermal decomposition was observed in the resin samples with P/L ratio 0.75 to 1.20 than in a CONT resin. Thermally-induced decomposition occurred with smaller weight loss in the experimental filled resins than in a CONT resin.

The magnitudes of colour change vector and lightness were examined for 20CAO/10P205/10MgO/1 0AI203/50Si02 glass ceramics (B203/CaF2=0.01 wt% 0.01 wt%, mass fraction). The glass ceramics were thermally treated (cerammed) for crystallization at each selected temperature (800 to 980°C for each ceramming period) within a steel ring including the investment mould. Cristobalite-quartz investment mould exhibited no adhesive mould interfaces, showing that the magnitudes of colour change vector and lightness ranged from 17.60 (890°C) to 37.05 (980°C) and 55.77 (890°C) to 71.42 (980°C) for glass ceramics, respectively, after thermal treatment for 2 h (sample thickness 2 mm). The thermal treatment controlled the colour property measured by colour analyser as compared the cerammed samples with bovine enamel and human tooth enamel.