banks play important roles in promoting national development. in order to provide efficient services and to perform their statutory roles effectively, banks are required to comply with established standards. in nigeria, the statement of accounting standards (sas), companies and allied matters act (cama) and the central bank of nigeria’s directives and regulations provide guidelines to banks in ...

abstract statement of problem: bleaching systems with different concentrations and applications are widely used to improve the visual appearance of the teeth, but one of the complications of these materials is reduction of bond strength for immediately bonding to the bleached enamel. objectives: the aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of using different modified hydrogen peroxide bl...

Researches on the effects produced by the sun light upon polymeric matrix composites have been increased on the last ten years. It is commonly to find literature about mechanical characteristics degradation due to different environment effects. But a few ones are related to the shear behaviour. Moreover a limited studies are related to glass fibre polyester, even that are the composites most co...

Owing to improvements in its mechanical properties and to the availability of shade and translucence resources, resin composite has become one of the most widely used restorative materials in present day Dentistry. The aim of this study was to assess the relation between the surface hardness of seven different commercial brands of resin composites (Charisma, Fill Magic, Master Fill, Natural Loo...

The effect of different polishing materials on the surface texture and the color change of indirect prosthetic resin composite materials exposed to a staining agent was studied. Six different resin composites were polished using the same procedures and were measured for the gloss. After exposed to a coffee solution, the changes were measured on the color properties. The six different types of r...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the translucency and color change of simulated heavily discolored teeth using polymer-based dental tooth coating materials and flowable resin composites. Five shades of coating material and two shades of flowable resin composite were used. Colorimetric values of the materials in different shades were determined using the L*a*b* system of the Commission ...

UNLABELLED The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of low shrinkage monomers on physicochemical properties of dental resin composites. Two low shrinkage resin composites: one with a crosslink branching monomer (Kalore, GC Corp) and a novel monomer (Venus Diamond, Heraeus Kulzer) were compared to a conventional resin composite formulation (Filtek Z250, 3M/ESPE). The volumetric shrinkage...

Wood-plastic composites (WPC) have been developed into new and important wood-based composites because of their benefits for the environment, economy, and recyclability. When combined with structural adhesives, WPCs will have a greatly broadened application in the construction field. In this work, epoxy resin and acrylic ester were used to bond WPC adhesive joints. The shear strength of the adh...

Resin composite materials that are used to restore tooth cervical lesions associated with gingival recessions can hamper healing after root coverage surgeries. This study evaluates the in vitro cytotoxic effect of five resin composites (two commercial and three experimental) on oral mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and the persistence of stemness properties in high passage MSCs. Sorption and solub...