. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 11.

Published in final edited form as: J Biomater Appl. 2006 May 9;21(4):375–393. doi: 10.1177/0885328206064823

Table 2.

Composition (% by mass^*) of binary and ternary resins^** evaluated in the study.

Resin	Bis-GMA	EBPADMA	UDMA	TEGDMA	HmDMA	HEMA
BT BHm BTH BHmH	49.5 52.4 35.5 37.0	- - - -	- - - -	49.5 - 35.5 -	- 46.6 - 32.8	- - 28.0 29.2
ET EHm ETH EHmH	- - - -	46.7 49.6 32.9 34.3	- - - -	52.3 - 36.9 -	- 49.4 - 34.2	- - 29.2 30.5
UT UHm UTH UHmH	- - - -	- - - -	48.8 51.8 34.8 36.2	50.2 - 35.9 -	- 47.2 - 33.3	- - 28.3 29.5

Molar ratio base monomer (Bis-GMA, EBPADMA or UDMA): diluent monomer (TEGDMA or HmDMA) = 1.0 : 1.8 for binary mixtures. Molar ratio base monomer: diluent monomer: HEMA = 1: 1.8 : 3.1 for ternary mixtures.

^**

Photoinitiator system consisted of 0.2 % by mass CQ and 0.8 % by mass 4EDMAB.