GC EUROPE Kalore - Manual (Page 21)

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Depth of Cure (mm)
0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50
Filtek Supreme DL †
Filtek Z250 †
Filtek Silorane †
EsthetX †
Premise †
Estelite Quick †
Tetric Evoceram †
Clearfil Majesty Esthetic †
KALORE
Gloss Rate (%)
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Filtek Supreme DL †
Filtek Z250 †
Filtek Silorane †
Prisma TPH3 †
EsthetX †
Premise †
Estilite SIGMA Quick †
4 Seasons †
Grandio †
Tetric Evoceram †
Clearfil Majesty †
Venus †
CeramX Mono †
KALORE
pre-shine dia-shine dia-polisher-paste
Radiopacity (mmAl)
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Filtek Supreme DL †
Filtek Z250 †
Filtek Silorane †
Prisma TPH3 †
EsthetX †
Premise †
Estelite Quick †
4 Seasons †
Grandio †
Tetric Evoceram †
Venus †
CeramX Mono †
KALORE
GC Kalore technical manual
6.7 Surface Gloss
To test surface gloss, samples 15 mm in
diameter and 1.5 mm thick were light-
cured and finished with 600 grit
sandpaper. Finished samples were
polished in steps with GC Pre-Shine,
GC Dia-Shine and GC Dia Polisher
paste. after each polishing step, the
surface gloss rate was measured using a
VG-2000 (nippon Denshoku). KALORE
was found to have a gloss rate among
the highest of all materials tested
(Fig. 23).
6.8 Depth of Cure
the depth of cure of KalORe shade a2
was tested using a scraping technique
and found to be 2.81 mm, sufficient to
guarantee a good cure (Fig. 24).
6.9 Radiopacity
the radiopacity of KalORe was
measured
in accordance with
ISO4049:2000. The radiopacity of
KALORE was found to be greater
than 2.5 mm Al. This value is
equivalent to the radiopacity of
dentin (Fig. 25).
Figure 23. Surface gloss of various composite materials.
Source: GC Corporation
Figure 24. Depth of cure for KALORE.
Source: GC Corporation.
Figure 25. Radiopacity of various composite materials.
Source: GC Corporation.
Note: A 50% gloss rate represents a shiny surface whereas
a figure of 70% and higher shows an esthetically pleasing shiny surface.