The dependence of the photoinitiator concentration on the degree of conversion, mechanical properties and colour appearance of dental materials was studied. Alterations due to changes in the concentration of the photoinitiator were-undertaken. Test samples prepared by photopolymerizing BisGMA and TEGDMA in the presence of the photoinitiator camphorquinone (CQ) were prepared and submitted to mechanical analyses, i.e., compressive and diametral tensile strength and Barcol hardness tests and CIELAB colour analysis. The hardness and compressive tests showed a levelling off at concentrations around 0.5% and remained at those values up to 1.0%, whereas the DTS didn´t show any variation over that range of concentrations. The colour experiments showed dependence with the concentration of CQ in the photopolymerizing system due to its intense absorption in the yellow region. The results indicate that photopolymerization systems containing CQ/EDB as photoinitiator at concentrations between 0.5 and 1.0% present similar mechanical properties.
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