Effect of thermo-cycling on resin cement shear bond strength
Objectives : Repeated exposure to cyclic temperatures can result in change of bond strength. The purpose of this study is to determine the difference in shear bond strengths between a…
Evaluation of current zirconia primers for zirconia bonding
Objectives : Traditional HF etching and silane treatment is not effective for improving the bonding towards zirconia ceramics. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the bonding ability of…
Bond strength of posts luted with different self-adhesive resin cements
Objectives : Self-adhesive cements represent a new approach in fiber post-cementation. Aim of this study was to investigate the effect of storage in artificial saliva on bond strength of fiber…
Adhesive durability of phosphate monomer resin cement to Y-TZP ceramic
Objectives : We have recently reported the processing and physico-chemical characterization of a yttria-tetragonal zirconia polycrystal (Y-TZP) ceramic produced via coprecipitation with mechanical properties comparable to commercially reinforced ceramic materials….
Effects of recasting titanium for ceramo-metal dental prostheses on the mechanical properties, microstructure and fracture mode
Objectives : This study evaluated the effect of the Ti condition (as-received and re-cast) on the mechanical properties, microstructure and fractography. Materials and methods : Castings ( n = 6)…
Residual stress estimates from crack branching in incompatible zirconia/veneer discs
Veneer cracking on zirconia core dental material is presenting as a clinical concern. There is no standard method for calculating the magnitude of residual stress that causes these crack patterns….
Risk of fracture and debonding of endodontic posts: FEA study
Objectives : The aim of this study was to evaluate, using finite element analysis, the risk of debonding at the post/resin cement interface and root fracture in teeth restored with…
Application of wet bonding for one-step bonding systems
Objectives : The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of wet bonding and colloidal platinum nanoparticles (CPN, Apt, LTD) on the dentin bond strength of one-step bonding…
Use of quaternary ammonium methacrylates to inhibit dentin matrix MMPs
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) bound to dentin have been thought to contribute to the progressive degradation of collagen fibrils in hybrid layers. Inhibition of host-derived MMPs may slow the degradation over…
Influence of nanoparticle reinforcement on the adhesion to dentin
Objectives : The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of different levels of nanoparticles, dispersed in an commercial, unfilled adhesive, on the adhesive strength to dentin. The…
Dual-application of all-in-one adhesive improves resin cement/dentin bond strength
Objectives : To evaluate the tensile bond strength (TBS) of resin cements to bovine dentin resin-coated with all-in-one adhesive systems. Materials and methods : Each of the dual-cure resin cements;…
Adper easy bond in total-etch mode on dentin
Objectives : This study investigated the bonding efficacy of Adper™ Easy Bond (EB, 3 M ESPE), a 7th generation adhesive, when used in total-etch (5th generation) mode on either moist…
Compatibility of self-etching dentin adhesives with resin luting cements
Objectives : This study was performed to investigate the compatibility between 4 dentin adhesives and 4 resin luting cements by means of uTBS test and SEM analysis for dentin–resin interface….
Microtensile bond strengths of current adhesive systems to root dentin
Objectives : The aim of this study was to evaluate the microtensile bond strength of some current adhesive systems on root surface dentin after 24 h of storage in distilled…
Saliva effect on dentin bond strength for three adhesives
Objectives : This study investigated the effects of various human saliva contamination and decontamination protocols on the shear bond strengths (SBS) of three adhesives on bovine superficial dentin. Materials and…
Comparison of dynamic versus static bond strength testing
Objectives : To evaluate the fatigue resistance of adhesives bonded to dentin, in comparison to their micro-tensile bond strength (μTBS). Materials and methods : The bonding effectiveness of three adhesives…
One-year bond stability of self-etching primers containing different polymerization promoters
Objectives : In this study the addition of polymerization promoters to experimental self-etching primers on the bond stability of two-step adhesives to dentin was investigated. Materials and methods : A…
Effect of bonding on MMP-2 in human dentin
Objectives : Degradation of hybrid layers (HL) within resin-infiltrated dentin has shown to result from multiple degradation factors, including the collagenolytic activity of specific matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). Inhibition of host-derived…
Adjunctive use of chlorhexidine/ethanol on dentin bond stability
Objectives : Both adhesive and collagen degradation have been regarded as major causes of resin–dentin bonds failures. Complete infiltration of hydrophobic resins facilitated by ethanol, and the presence of MMPs…
Role of curing reactions on self-adhesion of RMGI liners
Objective : RMGIs have been recognized as self-adhesive materials with long-term clinical adhesion even though their measured bond strengths are low. The objective of this paper was to study the…
