Resin-dentin interfacial ultrastructure and microtensile dentin bond strength after five-year water storage.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate a total-etch three-step adhesive system's resin-dentin interfacial ultrastructure and microtensile dentin bond strength (microTBS) after multi-year storage in water.


METHODS
Resin composite crowns were formed on 600 grit SiC flattened extracted human molars using a total-etch three-step adhesive system (Optibond FL, Kerr) and a hybrid resin composite (Prodigy, Kerr). microTBS specimens were fabricated and placed in water with 0.5% chloramine T at 37 degrees C until respective static load to failure testing at one-month, six-months and five-year storage. Failure modes were determined by scanning electron microscopy. The interfacial ultrastructure of the resin-dentin interface was analyzed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) at 48-hours and 44-months storage. microTBS was modeled with Weibull distribution for survival analysis and failure curve distributions were analyzed by the Wald chi-square statistic for significant differences at alpha=0.05.


RESULTS
The characteristic tensile strength (sigma omicron) at one-month, six-months and five-year storage was 52.63, 14.77 and 23.57 Mpa, with a Weibull modulus of 3.04, 1.56 and 1.28, respectively. Failure distributions for all groups were significantly different (p<0.0001) with one-month > five-year > six-months. TEM interfacial morphology demonstrated hydrolytic degradation of hybrid layer components at 44-months storage.


CONCLUSIONS
The decrease in tensile strength and changes in ultrastructure may be caused by water sorption and resultant hydrolytic degradation of the adhesive joint.
Armstrong
Steven R
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Department of Operative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. steven-armstrong@uiowa.edu
Vargas
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Chung
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Pashley
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Campbell
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Laffoon
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Qian
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D000042:Absorption; D000134:Acid Etching, Dental; D000327:Adsorption; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry*; D003442:Crowns; D001840:Dental Bonding; D003804:Dentin / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008422:Materials Testing; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D019279:Resin Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013499:Surface Properties; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013718:Tensile Strength; D013997:Time Factors; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
D003188:Composite Resins; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents; C469607:OptiBond FL; C099128:Prodigy; D019279:Resin Cements; D014867:Water