title: Bond strengths of fluoride-releasing restorative materials.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the shear bond strengths to dentin of four tooth-colored fluoride-releasing restorative materials that utilize different mechanisms of dentin-bonding.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four materials were tested: a chemically-cured glass ionomer (Ketac-Fil); a light-cured resin-modified glass ionomer (Photac-Fil); a light-cured resin-modified glass ionomer in conjunction with a resin dentin-bonding agent (Vitremer); and a light-cured resin composite in conjunction with a resin dentin-bonding agent (Tetric). The enamel was removed from four sides of the twenty human noncarious extracted molars which had their roots embedded in acrylic blocks. Cylindrical samples of the materials were prepared in plastic molds and bonded to the dentin surface according to the manufacturers' instructions. After 24 hours of storage in a humidor, the samples were sheared with an Instron testing machine at a crosshead speed of 0.5 mm/minute.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistical evaluation (ANOVA and Duncan's test) suggests that the fluoride-releasing resin composite material utilizing a resin dentin-bonding agent provided a significantly greater mean shear bond strength (16.5 MPa) after 24 hours storage than any of the selected glass ionomer materials. Of the three glass ionomer materials compared, the light-cured resin-modified material with a resin dentin-bonding agent provided a significantly greater mean shear bond strength (6.7 MPa) than the light-cured resin-modified material without a resin dentin-bonding agent (3.0 MPa) or the chemically-cured material (3.8 MPa).
authors.affiliation: Department of Operative Dentistry, University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, Oklahoma City 73190, USA.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Fruits
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Duncanson
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D001840:Dental Bonding; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000379:methods; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D005459:Fluorides / Q000737:chemistry; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D008298:Maleates; D008422:Materials Testing; D008963:Molar; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D019279:Resin Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D012117:Resins, Synthetic
chemical_list: D003188:Composite Resins; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; D008298:Maleates; C081144:Photac-Fil; D011108:Polymers; D019279:Resin Cements; D012117:Resins, Synthetic; C090969:Tetric; C084550:Vitremer; C040964:Ketac-Fil; D005459:Fluorides