Prof. Riaan Mulder

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Position:	Paediatric Dentistry Clinics
Department:	Orthodontics & Paediatric Dentistry
Faculty:	Faculty of Dentistry
Qualifications:	BChD (UWC), MSc (UWC)
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ORICD iD	0000-0002-8722-7632
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Tel:	021 959 3159
Fax:	021 959 2287
Email:	rmulder@uwc.ac.za

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Towards bioactive containing restorative materials: from design to testing in vitro approach
(Symbiosis, 2015) Perchyonok, Tamara; Mulder, Riaan; Grobler, Sias Renier; Zhang, Shengmiao
In any repair of a tooth with permanent restorative materials, the interface is always a sensitive region. The appearance of adhesive materials was a great step forward in dealing with the problems of this region and improving the overall performance of the restorations. However, contemporary adhesive materials do have a major disadvantage, namely that their durability is limited, a limitation which often arises due to their inadequate marginal adaptation. Restorative materials in the new era aim to be “bio-active” and long lasting. As part of our continuous interest in developing the novel bioactive containing restorative materials, we evaluated the effect of the additional bio-actives (such as chitosan, β-carotene, guar gum resin and the combination of the materials) to the commercially available flowable restorative materials such as Premise on the volumetric shrinkage, flexural strength, compressive strength, the surface hardness of the “bio-active” containing composite