Journal of Dental Research, Vol 67, 479-483, Copyright © 1988 by International & American Associations for Dental Research Online Journals

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In vitro bonding of prosthodontic adhesives to dental alloys

F. Watanabe, J. M. Powers and R. E. Lorey
School of Dentistry, Nippon Dental University, Niigata, Japan.

In vitro tensile bond strengths were determined for three adhesive cements and two resin-bonded bridge cements to two alloys, each prepared by two methods: sandblasted Ni-Cr-Be alloy (I), electro-etched Ni-Cr-Be alloy (II), sandblasted Type IV gold alloy (III), and tin-plated Type IV gold alloy (IV). Storage conditions of 24 hours at 37 degrees C and 30 days at 70 degrees C were evaluated. The highest bond strengths were obtained for the electro-etched Ni-Cr-Be alloy, and all bond failures were cohesive. At both 24 hours and 30 days, the adhesive cements had the highest bond strengths to the other alloy/surface preparations (I, III, and IV). The adhesive cements usually failed cohesively under these conditions, whereas the resin-bonded bridge cements failed adhesively at the cement-alloy interface. Storage for 30 days at 70 degrees C caused average decreases of 30%, 5%, 15%, and 32% for alloy/surface preparations I to IV, respectively.

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