Silane Containing Universal Adhesive/Cement for Bonding to Silica-Coated High-Translucent Zirconia

The aim of this study was to evaluate the bonding performance of high-translucent zirconia when pretreated with glass beads and the efficiency of silane contained in self-adhesive resin cement and universal adhesive as chemical treatment for silica-coated high-translucent zirconia. 240 fully sintered disk-shaped zirconia specimens (Y-PSZ, Zpex smile, Tosoh, Japan) were assigned to 4 groups according to mechanical surface pretreatment: alumina particles abrasion with 0.2 MPa pressure (AB2), tribochemical silica-coating with 0.2 MPa (TSC), and glass beads air-abrasion with 0.2 MPa (GB2) and 0.4 MPa (GB4). Each group was cemented with Panavia SA Universal (SAU), Rely X Ceramic Primer (3 M ESPE) + Panavia SA plus (Kuraray Noritake Dental) (S-SAP), and Clearfil Universal Bond Quick + SAP (U-SAP). Tensile bond strength (TBS) was measured at crosshead speed of 2 mm/min after 24 h or 10000 thermocycling (TC) followed by the failure modes analysis (n=10). Surface morphology and surface elemental composition of the abraded zirconia surface analyses were examined under SEM/EDS. Survival analysis was done for TBS data (p = 0.05). After TC, there was a significant decrease in bond strength all groups except TSC and GB4 treated with S-SAP. S-SAP showed highest TBS with TSC, GB2, and GB4. AB2 indicated the highest TBS with U-SAP. SAU showed higher TBS with GB4 compared to GB2. GB4 represented the highest Si content compared to TSC and GB2. Sailanization of glass beads air-abraded zirconia ceramic is mandatory step for successful adhesion to resin cement. Silane containing self-etch adhesive cement was more effective than universal adhesive for glass beads treated zirconia especially with higher air-pressure, but both are less efficient than pure silane treatment. While universal adhesive is efficient pretreatment on tribochemical silica-coating surface and the most effective on alumina-blasted zirconia ceramic.Download : Download high-res image (126KB)Download : Download full-size image