Quality Resource Guide
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Posterior Composites 6th Edition
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Table 1
Composite
Type
Average Particle Size
Characteristics
Indications
Common Examples*
Macrofill
10 - 50 µm
Advantages:
strength
Disadvantages:
wear resistance, polishability
Non-stress bearing areas (Cl III, Cl, V)
Currently not used
Adaptic, Miradapt, Estilux
Concise, Profile
Midifill
1 - 10 µm
Advantages:
strength
Disadvantages:
wear resistance, polishability
General use
(anteriors & posterior applications)
Limited use
Command, Prisma-Fil
Minifill
0.1 - 1 µm
Advantages:
strength
Disadvantages:
stiffness
General use
(anteriors & posterior applications)
Filtek Z250, Filtek Z100
Microfill
0.01 - 0.1 µm
Advantages:
polishability, translucency
Disadvantages:
tensile strength, stiffness
Very esthetic areas
Facial surface of anterior applications
Durafill VS, Epic TMP,
Heliomolar, Renamel
Nanofill/
Nanohybrid
0.005 - 0.01µm
Advantages:
polishability
Disadvantages:
limited clinical research
Universal applications
Filtek Supreme Ultra, Herculite
Ultra, TPH3, Grandio, Premise,
Simile
Hybrid
1 mm + 0.04 µm
Advantages:
wear-resistance, strength
Disadvantages:
limited polishability
General use
(anteriors & posterior applications)
Charisma, Herculite XRV,
Tetric Ceram, TPH Spectrum
Microhybrid
0.4 mm + 0.04 µm
Advantages:
wear-resistance, strength,
polishability
Disadvantages:
unknown
General use
(anteriors & posterior applications)
Esthet-X, Miris, Point-4,
Venus, Micronew
Packable
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Similar to hybrids
and microhybrids
Advantages:
wear-resistant, strength
Disadvantages:
polishability, no bulk cure,
not condensable
Posterior restorations (Cl I and II)
Alert, Filtek P60, Prodigy
Condensable, Pyramid,
Solitaire 2, SureFil
Flowable
Similar to hybrids
and microhybrids
Advantages:
handling, “injectable”, flowability/
wetability
Disadvantages:
high shrinkage, poor wear
resistance, poor mechanical
properties
Limited applications as very small
occlusal preparations and some Class
V restorations, cavity liners
Filtek Supreme Ultra Flow,
Clearfil Majesty Flow, Tetric
EvoFlow, SureFil SDR,
Esthet-X Flow
Bulk-fill
Similar to hybrids
and microhybrids
Advantages:
wear-resistant, strength, ability to
be used in bulk-fill technique
Disadvantages:
color match, limited
sculptability
Posterior restorations (Cl I and II)
SureFil SDR, SonicFill 2,
Venus Bulk Fill, QuiXX, Tetric
EvoCeram Bulk Fill
* Many of these may not be on the market anymore and are listed here for reference purposes.
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Packable composites are no longer widely used but are included here for historical reference.