The association between loading of restorations and secondary caries lesions is moderated by the restoration material elasticity

摘要

Objectives: Secondary caries limits the longevity of restorations and is thought to be associated with faulty restorations, e.g. dentin-restoration interfacial gaps. Recent evidence indicates that loading of restorations might aggravate the effects of gaps on interfacial mineral loss. It is unclear if this effect of loading is dose-dependent or not, and if restoration material properties like elasticity moderate the association between load and mineral loss. We hypothesized that mineral loss of secondary lesions increases with increasing load, and that this association is moderated by the elastic modulus of the placed restoration material.