1. Superior Fatigue Resistance
Tested to 3,000,000 cycles of resistance to failure in fatigue testing.
When compared against popular brands of fiber posts, the Biolight DUAL post material has shown statistically superior resistance to breakdown from repeated cyclical stresses. This type of cyclical testing shows the ability of a post to stand up to the intraoral rigours of continual flex during mastication.
3. Superior Shear Modulus
A recent independent university study comparing the shear modulus of various fiber posts produced these results:
Force required to BREAK post (MPa)
BIOLIGHT DUAL: |
102.87 MPa |
ParaPost® Taper Lux: |
86.12 MPa |
FRC Postec® Plus: |
90 MPa |
RelyX™ Fiber Post: |
85.94 MPa |
5. Superior Radiopacity
Simple in-house comparative testing shows that Biolight DUAL fiber posts are considerably more radiopaque than other popular high-radiopacity fiber posts.
1. |
Pentron®'s FiberKleer™ |
2. |
R.T.D.®'s D.T. Light-Post® Illusion™ |
3. |
SYNCA's BIOLIGHT DUAL |
4. |
Coltene®'s ParaPost® Fiber Lux |
5. |
Coltene®'s ParaPost® Taper Lux |
In an independent university study, The Biolight DUAL material against exhibited superior radiopacity to all other fiber posts tested:
Radiopacity of fiber posts
BIOLIGHT DUAL: |
205.90 |
FRC Postec® Plus: |
106.67 |
RelyX™ Fiber Post: |
88.04 |
ParaPost® Taper Lux: |
64.67 |
2. Superior Fracture Resistance
In a comparative evaluation of popular fiber posts by a renown independent institute, the Biolight DUAL material was #1 in fracture resistance.
Force required to FRACTURE post (MPa)
BIOLIGHT DUAL: |
133 MPa |
D.T. Light Post®: |
117 MPa |
Luscent Anchors™: |
100 MPa |
ParaPost® Fiber White: |
99 MPa |
Snowpost: |
58 MPa |
FiberKor™: |
58 MPa |
4. Superior Bond
In a head-to-head independent study, when compared against an epoxy resin fiber post, the Biolight DUAL material showed statistically superior bond to popular self-adhesive resin cements.
In another comparative post study, SEM revealed that the Biolight DUAL material exhibits more surface roughness that all other posts, which contributes to the superior bonding ability.
Biolight DUAL offered the same adhesion without any surface treatment, or with treatment of either alcohol or H
2O
2 and silanization for 60 seconds.
6. Clinical radiography of Biolight DUAL in canal
7. Epoxy and BisGMA-FREE
All Biolight products are manufactured without the use of either Epoxy or bisGMA resins.
8. Excellent light transmission
Excellent light transmission for use with dual-cure resins, Biolight DUAL offer excellent light transmission through the optic fiber material.