Avaliação do grau de conversão de uma resina composta fotoativada por lâmpada halógena e LEDs, por meio de espectrometria no infravermelho e ultravioleta

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the quantity of residual monomers of a microhibrid composite resin, photocured with different types of light curing units: halogen and LEDs based on different times of photopolymerization (10, 20 and 40 seconds). Samples of the composite resin were made with Teflon bipartite matrix with a center hole of 6 mm diameter compatible with the tips of the light curing units. The distance of the light guide curing unit to the composite samples was 4 mm. The average a width of the samples Charisma® composite resin color A2 and SL were 2 mm. The curing units used were Optilux 401 (Demetron) and Optilight LD III (Gnatus). The materials were prepared and weighed on an accuracy scale and stored in solvent, in the dark, at room temperature for 24 hours. The solvent used to separate the organic and inorganic load was chloroform thirty six samples were made, stored in chloroform and analysed with infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and the presence of carbon double bonds were found. Another solvent investigated in this study was methanol, because it is considered an efficient solvent for extracting present monomers in the resin, with an advantage because it acts as an inhibitor in this type of polymerization while maintaining the characteristic of the sample for quantitative analysis. Parallel to that, one hundred new samples were made. They were appropriately stored in methanol and analysed with UV- visible light spectroscopy (UV-Vis), through observance spectrum. The collected data was analysed in Origin 5.0 programs at the peak of observance in the same wavelength. The percentage of residual monomers was analysed by ANOVA and Games Howell tests. The results indicated that Charisma® composite resin color A2 showed less residual monomers. The halogen and LEDs light cure units showed the same percentage of residual monomers results, or rather, it showed a larger conversion of monomers in polymers. The LED based system promoted a smaller conversion degree compared to halogen light. The 10, 20 and 40 seconds of photocured presented the same quantity of residual monomers.