Background: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different surface acids treatments (37%phospjoric
acid, 5%hydrofluoric acid, 1.23 acidulated phosphate fluoride) of feldspathic ceramic VITA 3D MASTER , and the
effect of thermocycling on shear bond strength using a ceramic repair kit (ivoclar/vivadent).
Material and Methods: sixty Nickel-Chromium metal base plates were prepared(9mm diameter,3mm depth) using
lost wax technique, 2mm thick layer of ceramic(VITA 3D MASTER) fused to metal plates, all specimens were
embedded in acrylic resin blocks except their examined surfaces and divided into 3 main groups 20 specimens
each, Grp A: treatment with 37%phosphoric acid for 2 mins, Grp B: etching with 5% hydrofluoric acid for 2mins, Grp
C: etching with 1.23% acidulated phosphate fluoride for 10 mins; monobond-plus, heliobond, resin composite(Tetric
EvoCeram) were applied to each specimen according to manufacturer's instruction using transparent split
mold(5mm diameter, 4 mm height); specimens were stored in 37OC distilled water for 12 weeks, 10 specimens of
each group were subjected to thermocycling between 5 oC and 55 o C for 800 cycles with 30s dwell time; shear
bond strength was determined by a universal testing machine (instron 1122) at a cross head speed 0.5mm/min; One
way ANOVA test, LSD test and student-t test were used to analyze shear bond strength.
Results: Mean shear bond strength values for the tested groups were: A1= 11.65±0.68 Mpa, A2=10.88±0.58 Mpa,
B1=17.93±0.41 Mpa, B2=17.42±0.35 Mpa, C1=15.17±0.61 Mpa, C2=14.51±0.48 Mpa ; one way ANOVA test showed
highly significant difference among groups; LSD test revealed that the use of 5% HF for ceramic surface
treatment(GB) was highly significant than the treatment with 37%PA(GA) or 1.23%APF(GC) respectively and the use
of 1.23%APF(GC) was highly significant than the use of 37%PA(GA); Student t- test showed a significant difference
between subgroups of the same group with and without thermocycling.
Conclusion: ceramic surface treated with 5% HF acid for 2 mins recorded the highest shear bond strength, followed
by surface treatment with 1.23% APF for 10 mins, most specimens treated with 5%HF showed cohesive failure with in
ceramic while specimens treated with 1.23%AFP showed more (adhesive/cohesive) failure than adhesive or
cohesive alone, and specimens treated with 37% PA showed nearly 50:50 adhesive and combination failure,
thermocycling reduced the bond strength of each group significantly. |