title: Surface conditioning influences zirconia ceramic bonding.
abstract: Air-abrasion seems to be mandatory for durable resin bonding to zirconia ceramic. Air-abrasion might compromise the ceramic strength by creating surface defects. Therefore, omitting air-abrasion or using reduced air-pressure seems desirable. We tested the null hypotheses that omitting air-abrasion or using reduced air-pressure does not affect zirconia ceramic bonding independent of using primers. Three mechanical surface conditions (polished, air-abraded at 0.05 or at 0.25 MPa) and 4 priming conditions were tested. After different surface conditioning, zirconia ceramic specimens were bonded, and tensile bond strengths were evaluated after water storage for 3 days or for 150 days with additional 37,500 thermal cyclings for artificial aging. Omitting air-abrasion resulted in debonding during artificial aging independent of using primers. The combination of air-abrasion and priming improved long-term resin bonding to zirconia ceramic significantly. With low-pressure air-abrasion, surface roughness was reduced without affecting long-term bond strength, provided that adequate adhesive primers were applied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Propaedeutics and Dental Materials, School of Dentistry, Christian-Albrechts University at Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str. 16, 24105 Kiel, Germany. mkern@proth.uni-kiel.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barloi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000737:chemistry; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D001840:Dental Bonding; D045662:Dental Etching / Q000379:methods*; D003775:Dental Polishing / Q000379:methods; D003776:Dental Porcelain / Q000737:chemistry*; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D008689:Methacrylates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D011312:Pressure; D019279:Resin Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013499:Surface Properties; D013696:Temperature; D013718:Tensile Strength; D013871:Thiones / Q000737:chemistry; D013997:Time Factors; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D015040:Zirconium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C521707:Alloy Primer; D003188:Composite Resins; D008689:Methacrylates; D019279:Resin Cements; D013871:Thiones; C502351:multilink adhesive system; D014867:Water; D003776:Dental Porcelain; C100646:Metal Primer; C069749:methacryloyloxydecyl dihydrogen phosphate; D015040:Zirconium; D000537:Aluminum Oxide; C028541:zirconium oxide