ABSTRACT
Aim: This study was conducted to compare between Clinical Performance of Self-adhering Flowable Composite versus Conventional Flowable Composite in Cervical Carious Lesions.
Material and Method: A randomized clinical trial was conducted on twenty patients who had cervical carious lesions in anterior teeth. Participants were randomly allocated into two groups (n=10 for each group) in which they received randomly two pairs of restorations, either; Fusio Liquid Dentin (self-adhering flowable composite), or Tetric Evo Flow (conventional flowable composite) with using ExciTE F (Light-curing total-etch adhesive) all materials were applied according to manufacturers' instructions. Restorations were evaluated at baseline (one week), after three, six months, and after 12 months by two blinded assessors using modified USPHS criteria measuring (marginal adaptation, hypersensitivity, marginal discoloration, surface roughness, color match, surface luster, and secondary caries).
Results: Intergroup comparison between both materials have shown no statistically significant difference within different follow up periods; baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively. The overall clinical performance of Fusio liquid dentin compared to Tetric Evo Flow have shown a relative risk of 1.0000 (95% CI 0.1732 to 5.7723; P = 1.0000). There was no difference between both materials in restoration of cervical carious lesions after 12 months.
Conclusion: Self-adhering composite and conventional flowable composite have the same clinical performance after one year follow up.