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Abstract:
New ceramic primers, which reportedly enhance bonding of resin cements to zirconia, have been marketed recently. The purpose of this study was to compare the shear bond strength of 3 resin cements to zirconia conditioned with 4 ceramic primers. Zirconia blocks were conditioned with 4 different primers (Z-Prime Plus, MonoBond Plus, CLEARFIL CERAMIC PRIMER, and AZ Primer) or no primer (control). The zirconia blocks were placed in a jig, and 1 of 3 resin cements (Multilink Automix, RelyX Unicem, Panavia F 2.0) were mixed, injected into a mold, and light cured. The specimens were tested in shear on a universal testing machine after 24 hours of storage in distilled water. The shear bond strength of the resin cements to zirconia varied based on the type of primer. Z-Prime Plus provided the highest shear bond strength to zirconia, and was significantly greater than the control (no primer) with all 3 resin cements.
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