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Effects of a refrigerated amalgam bonding system on fracture resistance
Mark S Hagge1, James S Lindemuth
1University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, San Francisco, USA.
General Dentistry
|May 28, 2002
Abstract:
This in vitro study evaluated the effectiveness of using an amalgam bonding system at refrigerated temperature to regain fracture resistance in molars with large mesial-occlusal-distal restorations. Nineteen pairs of homologous contralateral pairs of third molars were used, with control teeth remaining intact. Although the bonded amalgam group developed 81% of the fracture strength values of the intact teeth, the intact teeth were found to have significantly higher fracture strength values (p = 0.0326, paired t-test).