Abstract
Purpose
To evaluate the effect of surface conditioning on the shear bond strength of zirconium-oxide ceramic to 4 luting agents.
Materials and methods
A total of 120 disk-shaped zirconium-oxide ceramic blocks (3Y-TZP, Kyoritsu, Japan) were treated as follows: (1) Sandblasting with 110 μ m aluminum-oxide (Al2O3) particles; (2) tribochemical silica coating (Rocatec) using 110 μ m Al2O3 particles modified by silica; (3) no treatment. Then zirconium-oxide ceramic blocks bonded with 4 luting cements (RelyX luting (3M ESPE), Maxcem (Kerr), Nexus3 (Kerr), Rely X Unicem (3M ESPE)). Each group was tested in shear bond strengths by UTM. A 1-way analysis of variance and 2-way analysis of variance was used to analyze the data (α = .05).
Results
RelyX unicem in combination tribochemical silica-coating produced a highest bond strength (P < .05). Air abrasion group and Rocatec treatment groups resulted in significantly higher than no conditioning group (P < .05). RelyX Luting groups showed lower bond strength than other groups. There were significant differences among groups (P < .05).
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![]() | Fig. 8.SEM pictures of Zirconia ceramic. A: Adhesive failure (magnification ×500), B: Mixed failure (magnification ×100), C: Cohesive failure (magnification ×100). |
![]() | Fig. 9.SEM pictures of Zirconia ceramic (magnification ×1,000). A: Grinding with 50 μ m disk, B: Airborne particle abrasion with 110 μ m alumina, C: Rocatec conditioning. |
Table 1.
12 groups used in this study
Table 2.
Characteri stics of resin cement used in this study
Table 3.
Shear bond strength of cements by surface treatment (MPa)
Table 4.
Results of two-way ANOVA
Source | Type III Sum of Squares | df | Mean Square | F | Sig |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model | 4185.000 | 12 | 348.750 | 353.859 | .000 |
Surface treatment | 475.664 | 2 | 237.832 | 241.316 | .000 |
Cement type | 1148.800 | 3 | 382.933 | 388.544 | .000 |
Surface treatment ∗Cement type | 229.803 | 6 | 38.301 | 38.862 | .000 |
Error | 106.441 | 108 | 0.986 | ||
Total | 4291.44 | 120 |