Affiliation:
1. Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
2. University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, Iowa City
Abstract
Objectives: This study evaluated the shear bond strength (SBS) of self-adhesive resin cements (SARC) to bulk-fill composite resins (BFCR) following mechanical and chemical surface treatments.
Materials and Methods: The BFCR discs fabricated were divided into four groups, based on the presence or absence oxygen inhibited layer (OIL) and mechanical surface treatment, as follows; group I: OIL+no surface treatment (NT), group II: no OIL+NT, group III: no OIL+diamond abrasive (DA), group IV: no OIL+air abrasion (AA). Each group was further divided into two subgroups based on chemical treatment using a silane agent. Following this, SARC cylinders were bonded to the surfaces of the treated BFCR samples. SBS was evaluated for all samples and failure analysis was carried out. The data were analyzed using independent t-test, one-way ANOVA and post hoc Tukey test, and a p value of