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 |
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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.