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The Science Behind Universal Composites

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Today’s universal composites may all promise excellent esthetics and strength, but understanding how filler technology, resin chemistry, and photoinitiator systems differ can help clinicians make more informed restorative decisions.

AGD Subject Code: 780

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

  1. Describe the evolution of resin-based composite technology.
  2. Identify the roles of filler architecture, resin matrix composition, and photoinitiator systems in influencing the properties of universal composites.
  3. Discuss how polymerization shrinkage, shrinkage stress, depth of cure, and gloss retention affect contemporary universal composite materials.

This course was published in the September/October 2026 issue and expires October 2029. This two-unit CE course is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from BISCO. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.

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Nathaniel Lawson, DMD, PhD, is an associate professor at the University of Alabama School of Dentistry and director of the Division of Biomaterials. He can be reached at nlawson@uab.edu.


Pouya Sabanik, DDS, PgC, is a Master of Science student in the Division of Dental Biomaterials at the University of Alabama School of Dentistry in Birmingham.


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