Correlation Between Gloss and Surface Roughness of Low Viscosity Bulk Fill Resin Composites

Ingridh Soledad Giraldo Antunez; Grace Alexandra Diaz Llerena; Eduardo Quea-cahuana; Lilia Inés Mori-guerrero; Silvana Anduaga-lescano; Carlos Cava-vergiu

doi:10.7126/cumudj.1737244

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Correlation Between Gloss and Surface Roughness of Low Viscosity Bulk Fill Resin Composites

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the correlation between gloss and roughness in low-viscosity bulk fill composite resins. Materials and methods: The study had an experimental, analytical, prospective, and cross-sectional design, with a sample of 60 blocks of low-viscosity resins distributed into three groups of 20 units each: Group 1—3M Filtek Bulk Fill Flow (FBF), Group 2—Opus Bulk Fill Flow APS (OBF), Group 3—Opalis Flow (OF) (Control). Gloss and roughness were measured using a gloss meter and a contact roughness meter. In the descriptive analysis, measures of central tendency and dispersion were calculated. The normality of the data was evaluated using the Shapiro-Wilk test. For the comparison of roughness between resins, the ANOVA test was applied, and for gloss, the Kruskal-Wallis test was applied, both with Tukey and Dwass-Steel-Critchlow-Figner post-hoc tests, respectively. The relationship between variables was measured using Pearson and Spearman correlations. The data were processed using the SPSS statistical package, considering a significance level of 0.05. Results: The FBF resin had the highest average roughness, while OF had the lowest value; in addition, OF had the highest gloss values. On the other hand, there was a statistically significant high negative correlation between roughness and gloss (p<0.01). Conclusions: There was an inverse relationship between roughness and gloss regardless of the type of resin evaluated.

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Dental Materials

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Ingridh Soledad Giraldo Antunez
0009-0006-8437-8749
Peru

Grace Alexandra Diaz Llerena
0009-0001-0742-8611
Peru

Eduardo Quea-cahuana ^*
0000-0001-7893-3845
Peru

Lilia Inés Mori-guerrero
0000-0002-3882-5572
Peru

Silvana Anduaga-lescano
0000-0001-7154-2921
Peru

Carlos Cava-vergiu
0000-0003-0338-3425
Peru

Publication Date

March 27, 2026

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July 9, 2025

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January 26, 2026

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Year 2026 Volume: 29 Number: 1

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Giraldo Antunez IS, Diaz Llerena GA, Quea-cahuana E, Mori-guerrero LI, Anduaga-lescano S, Cava-vergiu C (March 1, 2026) Correlation Between Gloss and Surface Roughness of Low Viscosity Bulk Fill Resin Composites. Cumhuriyet Dental Journal 29 1 26–31.

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