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Michael Taschner1, Roland Frankenberger, Franklin García-Godoy
1Dental Clinic 1-Operative Dentistry and Periodontology, University Medical Center Erlangen, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Glueckstrasse 11, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Purpose:
To prospectively compare the clinical performance of two different resin composites for luting IPS Empress inlays and onlays.
Methods:
83 IPS Empress restorations were placed in 30 subjects. All restorations were inserted under rubber dam. 43 inlays/onlays were luted with a self-adhesive resin cement [RelyX Unicem (RX)]. A multistep adhesive (Syntac) was used with Variolink II low viscosity (SV) and served as control (n=40). The restorations were evaluated after 2 weeks: Baseline = 1st recall (R1), after 6 months (R2) and after 1 year (R3) by two calibrated examiners using the modified USPHS criteria.
Results:
From R1 to R3, one failure was noticed in the SV group (R2) due to marginal enamel chipping. After 1 year of clinical service, SV revealed significantly better results regarding color match and integrity inlay (Mann-Whitney U-test, P< 0.05). No statistically significant differences were observed between SV and RX for the remaining criteria (Mann-Whitney U-test, P>0.05).
