S. Suzuki et al., EVALUATING THE ANTAGONISTIC WEAR OF RESTORATIVE MATERIALS - WHEN PLACED AGAINST HUMAN ENAMEL, The Journal of the American Dental Association, 127(1), 1996, pp. 74-80
Several clinical and laboratory studies have reported data on the natu
re of tooth wear against restorative materials (that is, amalgam, gold
, glass ceramic and various composite resin systems). Several antagoni
stic substrates are known to cause various in vitro wear rates when pl
aced in opposition to enamel. In this study, the authors evaluated to
commercially available posterior composite resin systems and a gold al
loy control. The findings showed that posterior composite resins conta
ining zirconium silicate or quartz fillers caused greater antagonistic
enamel wear than did micro-filled or barium silicate-filled composite
resins.