The invention discloses a
low shrinkage light-cured composite resin for
dental restoration and a preparation method thereof. With multifunctional structural advantages, cage-like
silsesquioxane can cooperate with an expansion
monomer,
resin matrix, silanized silica and other components to form a three-dimensional
network structure during
polymerization so as to reach the purposes of lowering
polymerization shrinkage of the material and improving mechanical properties, etc. The preparation method consists of: stirring the components evenly to obtain uncured composite resin, then conducting
ultrasonic dispersion, vacuum debubbling, pouring into a mold, visible
light curing and other steps, thus obtaining the
low shrinkage dental composite resin. The used cage-like
silsesquioxane and spiro ortho expansion
monomer are both liquid, and have good compatibility with composite resin, and a good dispersion effect can be achieved without introducing a
solvent, the added cage-like
silsesquioxane provides a network crosslinking point for the
system, while the
polymerization shrinkage of the composite resin is reduced, the mechanical properties of the material are improved, and the water absorption and
solubility are reduced.