title: Effectiveness of bonding fiber posts to root canals and composite core build-ups.
abstract: This study investigated the effects of fiber posts, silanization, and luting agents on the interfacial strength to root dentin and composite cores. Root canals of 120 crownless human teeth were instrumented. Three different posts (opaque and translucent), with and without silane treatment, were bonded using etch-and-rinse, self-etch, and self-adhesive luting agents. The restored roots were built up with dual-curing composite. After storage in water for 24 h at 37 degrees C, 2-mm-thick slices were cut from each sample: one from the composite core and one from the restored root. Interfacial push-out bond strengths of the posts were determined in a universal testing machine. Failure modes were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy. The post type and the luting agent had significant effects on both the post-to-dentin and post-to-core strengths. Silanization did not significantly influence post-to-dentin strengths, but enhanced post-to-core strengths. With etch-and-rinse luting agents, debonding occurred predominantly between the post and the cement, while the self-etch and self-adhesive luting agents showed more failures on root dentin. No failures occurred between the composite core and the cement. The combination of translucent posts and etch-and-rinse dual-curing luting agents can positively influence the retention of fiber posts in root canals. Silanization seems to be less relevant for intra-root canal bonding, but may have beneficial effects on post-to-core strengths.
authors.affiliation: Department of Operative Dentistry and Periodontology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany. andreas.rathke@uniklinik-ulm.de
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rathke
authors.forename: Dima
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Haj-Omer
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Muche
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Haller
mesh_terms: D000134:Acid Etching, Dental; D020770:Compomers / Q000737:chemistry; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry*; D001840:Dental Bonding; D003738:Dental Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D003786:Dental Pulp Cavity / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D003804:Dentin / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D005898:Glass / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D008689:Methacrylates / Q000737:chemistry; D011109:Polymethacrylic Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D011176:Post and Core Technique / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011791:Quartz / Q000737:chemistry; D019279:Resin Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D012821:Silanes / Q000737:chemistry; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013499:Surface Properties; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D020770:Compomers; D003188:Composite Resins; D003738:Dental Cements; D003764:Dental Materials; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents; C500742:ED Primer II; C420130:Excite cement; D008689:Methacrylates; C076808:Monobond S; C438843:Panavia-Fluoro; D011109:Polymethacrylic Acids; C425843:Prime and Bond NT; C483701:Rely X Unicem; D019279:Resin Cements; D012821:Silanes; C400935:dyract-cem; C009753:fiberglass; D014867:Water; D011791:Quartz; C103502:Variolink