Compressive strength resin komposit hybrid post curing dengan light emitting diode menggunakan tiga ukuran lightbox yang berbeda

Abstract

Background: The use of different polymerization methods may result in variation of mechanical properties of composite resin. Polymerization increases the conversion rate of monomers reflecting in improvement of compressive strength. Post-curing methods can be used to increase strength to the composite resin. Purpose: To determine the difference of compressive strength of post cured hybrid composite resin by using three different size of lightbox. Methods: This research was conducted in a true in vitro experiment. Research carried out by making a tube-shaped cylinder hybrid with 3 mm diameter and 6 mm height composite resin samples post cured by using 3 different size of light box, 3 cm x 3 cm x 3 cm (A), 4 cm x 4 cm x 4 cm (B) 6 cm x 6 cm x 6 cm (C), and a non post-curing control. Compressive strength test was then performed using a universal testing machine. Each sample was tested and averaged to obtain values in order to be analyzed statistically using ANOVA and multiple comparison. results: There is an increase in compressive strength of each group, namely group A (172.9460 MPa), B (154.821 MPa), C (154.0789 MPa) and control (123.3550 MPa), and a statistically significant difference (F<0.05). Conclusion: The smaller size of the lightbox is used, the higher the compressive strength of composite resin.