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Published in final edited form as: J Mater Sci Mater Med. 2007 Jul 10;19(2):507–515. doi: 10.1007/s10856-007-3178-3

Table 4.

Average reduction in the mechanical strength of Zr-ACP composites relative to the unfilled copolymer/polymers specimens, maximum water sorption (WS) of composites and the attained remineralization potential/thermodynamic stability of immersing solutions. Comparison of the UDMA and UDMA/PEG-U matrices with previously evaluated Bis-GMA^*-, UDMA^**- and EBPADMA^***-based resins. Standard deviation of values is indicated in parentheses.

Resin matrix	BFS reduction (%)		WS (% mass fraction)	ΔG^o (kJ/mol)	Reference
Resin matrix	Dry	Wet			Reference
UDMA & UDMA/PEG-U	24.8	54.7	1.29 − 1.50	3.52 (0.79)	this work
Bis-GMA based	58.6	66.0	3.09 (0.81)	5.59 (0.59)	18
EBPADMA based	46.2	57.8	2.86 (0.61)	7.13 (0.85)	13, 18, 20
UDMA based	63.0	56.5	2.80 (0.46)	5.72 (0.86)	18

2,2-bis[p-(2′-hydroxy-3′-methacryloxypropoxy)phenyl]propane (Bis-GMA) combined with 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), hexamethylene dimethacrylate (HmDMA) and triethyleneglycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA).

^**

Ethoxylated bisphenol A dimethacrylate (EBPADMA) combined with HEMA, HmDMA and TEGDMA.

^***

Urethane dimethacrylate (UDMA) combined with HEMA, HmDMA and TEGDMA or HEMA, TEGDMA and methacryloyloxyethyl phthalate.