Deepak Thomas

Shear Bond Strength of Zirconia: an Invitro Evaluation of the Effect of Zirconia Surface Treatment on Shear Bond Strength to a Resin Cement Deepak Thomas

This book evaluated the shear bond strength of zirconia bonded to dentin specimens using a self etch dual cure resin cement after various surface treatments of zirconia. Twenty zirconia rods (3 9 2.5 mm) were prepared from zirconia blocks and assigned into 5 groups for the following surface treatments. (1) Group I: Control (C) no treatment (2) Group II: airborne-particle abrasion (APA),(3) Group III: hydrofluoric acid etching (HF), (4) Group IV: hydrofluoric acid etching followed by silanation (HF/S), and (5) Group V: application of zirconia primer(Z). Dentin Specimens were prepared from extracted molars stored in 0.5% chloramine-T. Zirconia rods were bonded to dentin using resin cement (Multilink Speed),then light polymerized. The specimens tested for failure were tested using the notched shear bond test method in a universal loading apparatus. One way ANOVA followed by Tukey HSD for cell means were used to analyze the data(=0.05). The highest values were obtained with group V (Z) (8.66 MPa) followed by group II (APA) (6.71 MPa), and group IV (HF/S) (4.41 MPa). The least values were obtained for group III (HF) (3.88 MPa) with no significant difference (P value 0.53) between group.