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. 2020 Sep 23;10:15520. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72599-y

Table 1.

Representing the list of commercially available dental nano- and micro-hybrid resin composites with detailed account of type of filler particles used, size, percentage and distribution.

Commercial name Company Type Shade Resin description In organic filler particles Particle size Filler load Filler distribution Other contents
Charisma® Heraeus Kulzer Germany Universal micro-hybrid composite A3 Bis-GMA Barium Aluminium Fluoride glass 0.005–10 µm 61 vol% N/A Using micro-glass tech, feldspar, prepolymreized filler
Tetric EvoCeram® Ivoclar Vivadent Amherst, NY, USA Universal nano-hybrid composite A3 Dimethacrylates (17–18 wt%) Barium glass, 40 nm–3 µm 53–55 vol% N/A Ytterbium fluoride, mixed oxide and copolymers (82–83 wt %)
Synergy D6® Coltene, Switzerland Universal duo shade nano-hybrid composite A3/D3 Methacrylates Barium glass 0.02–2.5 µm (avg = 0.6 µm)

65 vol%

80 wt%

Silanized amorphous silica (hydrophobed) N/A
Filtek® Supreme XTE 3 M ESPE, St. Paul, MN, USA Universal Composite A3 Bis-GMA, UDMA, TEGDMA, PEGDMA Bis-EMA

Silica, zirconia

Silica + zirconia clusters

20 nm/4–11 nm (cluster size 0.6–10 µm)

55.6 vol%

72.5 wt%

Non-agglomerated/ non-aggregated (aggregated) N/A
Ceram X® Dentsply DeTrey, Konstanz, Germany Universal nano ceramic restorative A3 Methacrylate modified Glass filler, (1.1–1.5 µm) Silicon dioxide 10 nm 57 vol% 76 wt% N/A N/A
IPS Empress Direct® Ivoclar Vivadent Amherst, NY, USA nano-hybrid composite fil A3

Dimethacrylates

20–21.5 wt%

Barium Glass

40 nm–3 µm

Mean 55 nm

52–59 vol%

75–79 wt%

Highly dispersed Ytterbium trifluoride, mixed oxide, silicon dioxide
Grandio Nano® Voco Cuxhaven, Germany Filtek Supreme nano-hybrid restorative A3 Bis-GMA, TEGDMA, UDMA

Glass ceramic

Silicon dioxide

1 µm , 20–60 nm (nanofiller)

71.4 vol%

87 wt/wt%

N/A N/A
Venus® Heraeus Kulzer, Germany Filtek Supreme hybrid composite A3 Bis-GMA Barium Aluminium Fluoride glass (0.7 µm max < 2 µm) 58.7% vol Highly dispersive silicon (0.04 µm) N/A

All values are taken from material datasheets and companies’ websites.