A cohort of 28 patients aged 18 to 80 years of both females (58%) and males (42%) with 50 composite restorations were recruited at the Operative Dentistry Clinic at the Dental School of the University of Chile. All participants presented with one or more clinical features that deviated from the ideal and were rated Bravo or Charlie according to the modified United States Public Health Service (USPHS) criteria 6. The protocol was approved by the Institutional Research Ethics Committee of the Dental School at the University of Chile (Project PRI-ODO-0207). All of the patients signed informed-consent forms and completed a registration form. The selection criteria are summarized below.