Comparative evaluation between glass and polyethylene fiber reinforced composites: a review of the current literature

• Enas Mangoush ^[1] ; Eija Säilynoja ^[2] ; Roosa Prinssi ^[3] ; Lippo Lassila ^[4] ; Pekka K. Vallittu ^[5] ; Sufyan Garoushi ^[4]
  1. [1] University of Turku

     University of Turku

     Turku, Finlandia

     
  2. [2] Turku Clinical Biomaterial Center -TCBC, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Reseach Development and Production Department, Stick Tech Ltd – Member of GC Group, Turku, Finland
  3. [3] Reseach Development and Production Department, Stick Tech Ltd – Member of GC Group, Turku, Finland
  4. [4] Turku Clinical Biomaterial Center -TCBC, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Department of Biomaterials Science, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku
  5. [5] Turku Clinical Biomaterial Center -TCBC, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Department of Biomaterials Science, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku; City of Turku Welfare Division, Oral Health Care, Turku, Finland

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• Localización: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry, ISSN-e 1989-5488, Vol. 9, Nº. 12, 2017, págs. 1408-1417
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Fiber reinforced composite (FRC) is a promising class of material that gives clinicians alternative treatment options. There are many FRC products available in the market based on either glass or polyethylene fiber type. The aim of this study was to present a comparison between glass and polyethylene fiber reinforced composites based on available literature review.

    A thorough literature search, with no limitation, was done up to June 2017. The range of relevant publications was surveyed using PubMed and Google Scholar. From the search results, articles related to our search terms were only considered. An assessment of these articles was done by two individuals in order to include only articles directly compare between glass and polyethylene FRCs. The search terms used were “fiber reinforced dental composites” and “glass and polyethylene fibers in dentistry”.

    The search provided 276 titles. Full-text analysis was performed for 29 articles that met the inclusion criteria. Most were laboratory-based research with various test specimen designs prepared according to ISO standard or with extracted teeth and only three articles were clinical studies. Most of studies (n=23) found superior characteristics of glass FRCs over polyethylene FRCs.

    Significant reinforcement differences between commercial glass and polyethylene fiber reinforced composites were found.