Confocal microscopy combined with time domain optical coherence tomography and micro computer tomography in interface evaluation of class II direct composite restoration

Class II cavities are often a challenge for dentists. There are a lot of procedures that can be used in order to fill this type of cavity and also a lot of problems concerning marginal adaptation, especially when composite materials are used. The aims of this study are to evaluate the integrity and marginal adaptation of class II direct composite fillings. There were used 32 samples for orthodontic reasons. Metallographic evaluation was used as the invasive methods. Micro computer tomography, confocal microscopy and optical coherence tomography were used as noninvasive methods. The conclusions pointed out the fact that noninvasive evaluation methods have great capability to accomplish a high quality characterization of the class II direct composite restorations.