title: Microtensile bond strength of repaired indirect resin composite.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of surface treatments on microtensile bond strengths (MTBSs) of two types of indirect resin composites bonded to a conventional direct resin composite.
  
  
  METHODS
  Indirect resin composite blocks of Ceramage and SR Nexco were prepared in a plastic mold having a dimension of 10 × 10 × 4 mm. These composite blocks were divided into three groups according to their surface treatments: Group1: Sandblast (SB); Group2: Sandblast and ultrasonically clean (SB+UL); Group3: Sandblast plus silane (SB+SI). After bonding with direct resin composite, indirect-direct resin composite blocks were kept in distilled water for 24 hours at 37℃ and cut into microbars with the dimension of 1 × 1 × 8 mm. Microbar specimens (n = 40 per group) were loaded using a universal testing machine. Failure modes and compositions were evaluated by SEM. The statistical analyses of MTBS were performed by two-way ANOVA and Dunnett's test at α = .05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Surface treatments and brands had effects on the MTBS without an interaction between these two factors. For SR Nexco, the MTBSs of SB and SB+SI group were significantly higher than that of SB+UL. For Ceramage, the MTBSs of SB and SB+SI were significantly higher than that of SB+UL. The mean MTBS of the Ceramage specimens was significantly higher than that of SR Nexco for all surface treatments.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sandblasting with or without silane application could improve the bond strengths of repaired indirect resin composites to a conventional direct resin composite.
authors.affiliation: Prosthodontics Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Porntida
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8711-6350
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Visuttiwattanakorn
authors.affiliation: Prosthodontics Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Kallaya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suputtamongkol
authors.affiliation: Prosthodontics Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Duangjai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Angkoonsit
authors.affiliation: Prosthodontics Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Sunattha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaewthong
authors.affiliation: Prosthodontics Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Piyanan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Charoonanan
keywords: Indirect resin composite; Microtensile bond strength; Sandblast; Silane; Surface treatment; Ultrasonic