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 .
Effect of thermocycling on the bond strength between dual-cured resin cements and zirconium-oxide ceramics.
The present study evaluated the durability of bond strength between zirconia and 3 different resin cements . Thirty stabilized tetragonal zirconium-dioxide blocks were duplicated in dual-curing resin core build-up material specimens . Resin blocks were r and omly luted to zirconium surfaces using 1 ) Clearfil Esthetic Cement ( CLF ) , 2 ) RelyX Unicem Aplicap ( RELX ) , or 3 ) Multilink Automix ( MLA ) . After 24 h , half of the specimens from each of the 3 groups were loaded in tension until fracture ( 0.5 mm/min ) . The remaining half were tested after 6,000 thermal cycles ( 5 to 55 ° C ) . Data were analyzed using 2-way ANOVA and the Tukey test ( α = 0.05 ) . Fractographic analysis was performed using a stereomicroscope . Tensile bond strength values were significantly affected by the luting agent system employed and by thermal aging ( P < 0.001 ) . The highest tensile bond strength values in non-thermal-aged groups were observed for specimens from the RELX and CLF groups . In contrast , in the thermal-aged groups , the highest tensile bond strength values were for the MLA and RELX groups . Moreover , while thermocycling significantly affected bond strengths in the RELX and CLF groups , the mean strength of the MLA group did not significantly change after aging . There was little difference in the distribution of failure modes in any group
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 .