An as-produced surface of oxide ceramic needs to be surface treated to achieve durable bond strength .
Abrasive surface treatment and /or silica-coating treatment with the use of primer treatment can provide sufficient bond strength for bonding oxide ceramics .
The following aims were set for this systematic literature review : ( a ) to make an inventory of existing methods to achieve bondable surfaces on oxide ceramics and ( b ) to evaluate which methods might provide sufficient bond strength .
Evaluation of self-adhesive resin cement bond strength to yttria-stabilized zirconia ceramic (Y-TZP) using four surface treatments.
PURPOSE To evaluate the influence of four surface treatments on the bond strength of a self-adhesive resin cement to an yttria-stabilized zirconia ( Y-TZP ) ceramic material ( Lava Frame zirconia ) . MATERIAL S AND METHODS Forty plates ( 8 x 6 x 1 mm ) of a Y-TZP ceramic restorative material were r and omly assigned to four groups ( n = 10 ) according to the surface treatments : control , no treatment ; airborne-particle abrasion with 50-μm Al2O3 ; coating with an MDP-based primer ; conditioning with Rocatec System . The ceramic plates treated with each of the four methods were further divided into 2 subgroups according to the resin cement tested : RelyXTM ARC ( ARC , conventional ) and RelyXTM Unicem ( Ucem , self-adhesive ) . The resin cements were put into PVC tubes ( diameter 0.75 mm , 0.5 mm height ) placed on the ceramic plate surfaces . After water storage at 37 ° C for 24 h , the specimens were su bmi tted to a microshear bond strength ( μSBS ) test at a crosshead speed of 1.0 mm/min . RESULTS The surface treatments significantly influenced the μSBS ( p < 0.05 ) . For the four surface treatments , UCem presented significantly higher μSBS than ARC ( p < 0.05 ) . For both resin cements , the best result was produced by the MDP-based primer : ARC 15.9 ± 5.0 MPa and UCem 36.2 ± 2.1 MPa . The highest μSBS values were presented by UCem on ceramic plates treated with the MDP-based primer ( 36.2 ± 2.1 MPa ) and Rocatec system ( 37.4 ± 2.3 MPa ) . CONCLUSION Irrespective of the surface treatment , the self-adhesive resin cement performed better in terms of bond strength to yttria-stabilized zirconia ceramic than did conventional resin cement
An as-produced surface of oxide ceramic needs to be surface treated to achieve durable bond strength .
Abrasive surface treatment and /or silica-coating treatment with the use of primer treatment can provide sufficient bond strength for bonding oxide ceramics .
The following aims were set for this systematic literature review : ( a ) to make an inventory of existing methods to achieve bondable surfaces on oxide ceramics and ( b ) to evaluate which methods might provide sufficient bond strength .