“…Although the ISO 4049 specification is largely used for testing composites that are lightcured only, the technique recommended for specimen preparation hinders the evaluation of the possible effects of light-activation moment on mechanical properties of dual-cured resin-based materials (MORAES, et al 2009;FARIA-E-SILVA, et al 2011;KHOROUSHI, et al 2012;FARIA-E-SILVA, et al 2012;SOUZA, et al 2013;FARIA-E-SILVA, et al 2014) By the time dual-cured materials are inserted into the mold, the polymerization reaction has already started via chemical activation. Therefore, each light-activation is performed over areas of the polymer, presenting with differences in the degrees of C=C conversion impairing the standardization of time for light-activation (FARIA-E-SILVA, et al 2012;KHOROUSHI, et al 2012).…”