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Effect of surface area and air-drying distance on shear bond strength of etch-and-rinse adhesive
Farid Mohammed Sabry El-Askary1, Mohammed Salah Abdelaziz Nassif, Andrea Mello Andrade
1Operative Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. faridelaskary@asfd.asu.edu.eg
Abstract:
We evaluated the effects of air-drying distance and bond surface area on the shear bond strength of a 2-step etch-and-rinse adhesive. A total of 120 bovine anterior teeth were equally divided into 6 main groups based on bonding surface area. The main groups were divided into sub-groups (n = 5) according to air-drying distance. The shear strength was determined using a universal testing machine at a crosshead speed of 0.5 mm/min. The averaged results were subjected to two-way ANOVA and Tukey's test (α = 0.05). Two-way ANOVA testing identified no significant cross-product interactions (p > 0.05), but the main factors of area (p < 0.0001) and air-drying distance (p < 0.00001) significantly affected the mean bond strength. Shorter air-drying distances improved bond strength, and increased surface area decreased the bond strength.
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