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Purpose: To evaluate the wear resistance of a printed interim resin manufactured with different printing and postpolymerization parameters.Materials and Methods: Overall, 130 rectangular resin specimens (15 × 10 × 10 mm) were 3D-printed.Among the specimens, 60 were printed with different printing orientations (0, 45, and 90 degrees) and layer thicknesses (50 and 100 µm) to create six groups to investigate the effects of the printing parameters (n = 10 per group).The remaining 70 specimens were used to evaluate the effects of postpolymerization; for this, seven groups were created as follows (n = 10 per group): nonpostpolymerized; postpolymerized for 5, 15, and 30 minutes with an ultraviolet light-emitting diode (LED) device; and postpolymerized for 5, 15, and 30 minutes with an ultraviolet light bulb device.After masticatory simulation, the wear volume loss was calculated with 3D metrology software.One-way and two-way ANOVA were used for intergroup comparisons (α = .05).Results: The group printed with a build angle of 45 degrees showed lower wear volume loss than the 0-and 90-degree groups (P .05).However, the non-postpolymerized group showed significantly greater wear volume loss than the other groups (P < .001).Conclusions: The printed resin showed greater wear resistance when it was printed at a build angle of 45 degrees and postpolymerized with an ultraviolet light bulb device.
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