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 .
Influence of silanization on early bond strength to sandblasted densely sintered alumina.
OBJECTIVE The increased popularity of alumina-based restorations has result ed in an interest in proper adhesive techniques to assure a strong and predictable bond to these restorations . This study investigated the early bond strength of three different resin-cement systems to densely sintered alumina ( aluminum-oxide ceramic ) with and without the use of their corresponding silane coupling agent ( silanization ) . METHOD AND MATERIAL S Ninety sample s of densely sintered high-purity aluminum-oxide ceramic were r and omly divided into three groups . Composite cylinders were bonded to the ceramic sample s with three resin-cement/bonding-agent systems : Noribond DC ( NOR ) , Panavia 21 EX ( PAN ) , and Variolink II ( VAR ) . Each resin-cement/bonding-agent system was used with and without their corresponding silane ( SIL ) coupling agent ( n = 15 ) . After fabrication , the specimens were stored in distilled water for 3 days at room temperature , and shear bond strength was tested . RESULTS Application of the silane-coupling agent on s and blasted densely sintered alumina did not significantly influence bond strengths with PAN . Silanization significantly improved shear bond strengths with NOR and VAR . NOR-SIL and VAR-SIL revealed the statistically highest values , with NOR-SIL showing the highest mean bond strength of all groups . CONCLUSIONS Silanization of s and blasted densely sintered alumina had mixed effects on the applied resin cements : It had no effect on the performance of the phosphate-modified resin cement PAN , but significantly improved shear bond strength of the Bis-GMA composite resin cements VAR and NOR . NOR-SIL revealed the highest overall mean bond strength
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 .