Dental Composites by type
Bulk Fill – flowable with higher filler content
- Low viscosity or Base – used under composite
- SureFil SDR flow (recommended)
- Venus Bulk Fill Flow
- Filtek Bulk Fill Flowable Restorative (less wear resistant than some of the others in this category Sawlani IADR 2013)
- Voco x-tra base (ADA best)
- Beautifil-Bulk Flowable Shofu (Giomer technology releases fluoride)
- High viscosity
- Kerr SonicFill
- Dentsply QuiXX (ADA best)
- Parkell HyperFil (Dual-Cure)
- Pentron Alert (poor performance ADA test)
- Tetric EvoCeram Bulk Fill (recommended)
- Voco x-tra fill (ADA best)
- Voco Admira Fusion x-tra (Ormocer)
- Charisma
- Herculite XRV
- Spectrum TPH
- Durafil VS by Heraeus
- Renamel by Cosmedent
- EPIC-TMPT
- Matrixx
Microhybrids Highly filled (75% by weight about same as hybrid) with particles of smaller than hybrids but variable in size. Universal but still not as polishable as microfill. Most opaque so good under microfill.
- Filtek Z-250
- Venus
- Tetric Ceram
- 4 Seasons
- Miris
- Point 4
- Gradia Direct
- Vit-l-escence
- Esthet-X
Nanohybrid or Nanofill (Filtek has patent and thus is only true nanofill) Resins that have “nanoclusters” or “nanoparticles” (20-75nm)that are used as fillers and allow for both strength and polishability. Universal composite, anterior and posterior.
- Filtek Supreme XTE (Maintains polish), Filtek Z250 XT, Filtek Supreme Plus, Filtek Supreme Ultra Flowable=use for comp veneers
- IPS Empress Direct and Tetric Evo Ceram
- Enamel Plus HRi (high refractive index=more like a tooth)
- Miris 2 and Synergy D6
- Venus Diamond and Venus Pearl by Heraeus
- Herculite Ultra by Kerr and Premise
- G-aerial Universal Flo and Kalore
- RefleXions XLS
- Esthet-X HD by Dentsply
- Estelite Sigma Quick
- Grandio
- Clearfil Majesty Esthetic (Clearfil Majesty ES Flow Universal)
- Premise
- Empress Direct by Ivoclar
- Beautifil II by Shofu (Giomer technology)
- Aelite Aesthetic Enamel by Bisco
- REnamel NANO Plus by Cosmedent
Traditional Flowable – low viscosity with filler content around 20-25% less than nonflowable (usually)
Universal Highly-filled Flowable – With this class the term flowable is becoming more a property than a class. Higher filled so more strength, less wear, and less shrinkage. Many considered nanofills or nanohybrids as well
- Beautifil Flow Plus (Zero and Low flow) Giomer technology releases fluoride DA best
- GrandiOSo Heavy Flow (83% filled)
- G-aenial Universal Flo and G-aenial Universal Injectable are good for injection molding composite techniques with everX Flow. Hosaka JPD 2021
- Clearfil Majesty ES Flow
- Solitaire (Heraeus Kulzer)
- ALERT (Jeneric-Pentron)
- SureFil (Dentsply/Caulk)