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The study aimed to recreate in our lab one of the most common situations nowadays\u2014in-office activity of a young patient suffering from specific parafunctional occlusal stress (bruxism) who consumes acidic beverages and is using at-home dental bleaching. Materials and Methods: Sixty standardized class II cavities were restored with two nanohybrid biocomposite materials (Filtek Z550, 3M ESPE, and Evetric, Ivoclar Vivadent); the restored teeth were immersed in sports drinks and carbonated beverages and exposed to an at-home teeth bleaching agent. The samples were subjected to parafunctional mechanical loads using a dual-axis chewing simulator. A grading evaluation system was conducted to assess the defects of the restorations using different examination devices: a CBCT, a high-resolution digital camera, and periapical X-rays. Results: Before mechanical loading, the CBCT analysis revealed substantially fewer interfacial defects between the two resin-based composites (p &gt; 0.05), whereas, after bruxism forces simulation, significantly more defects were identified (p &lt; 0.05). Qualitative examination of the restorations showed more occlusal defects for the Evetric than the other nanohybrid composite. Conclusions: There were different behaviors observed regarding the studied nanocomposites when simulation of parafunctional masticatory forces was associated with aging treatments.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina59020360","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,14]],"date-time":"2023-02-14T04:38:29Z","timestamp":1676349509000},"page":"360","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["The Impact of Simulated Bruxism Forces and Surface Aging Treatments on Two Dental Nano-Biocomposites\u2014A Radiographic and Tomographic Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"59","author":[{"given":"Amelia Anita","family":"Boitor","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dental Propaedeutics and Esthetics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy \u201cIuliu Hatieganu\u201d, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elena Bianca","family":"Varvar\u0103","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dental Propaedeutics and Esthetics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy \u201cIuliu Hatieganu\u201d, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Corina Mirela","family":"Prodan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dental Propaedeutics and Esthetics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy \u201cIuliu Hatieganu\u201d, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2417-2651","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sorina","family":"Sava","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dental Materials and Ergonomics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy \u201cIuliu Hatieganu\u201d, 400083 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9080-9625","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Diana","family":"Dudea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dental Propaedeutics and Esthetics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy \u201cIuliu Hatieganu\u201d, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2573-8592","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adriana","family":"Objelean","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dental Materials and Ergonomics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy \u201cIuliu Hatieganu\u201d, 400083 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Hardan, L., Mancino, D., Bourgi, R., Cuevas-Su\u00e1rez, C.E., Lukomska-Szymanska, M., Zarow, M., Jakubowicz, N., Zamarripa-Calder\u00f3n, J.E., Kafa, L., and Etienne, O. 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