[Application of 4-META on adhesive opaque resin. (Part 1) Adhesive strength and the stability (author's transl)]

Mechanical devices, which has been conventionally used for retaining thermo-setting acrylic resin veneers possesses disadvantage of poor marginal sealing and requires rather complicated procedure applying on the metal casting. An application of adhesive resins to overcome these disadvantages was studied. Adhesive opaque resin consisted of MMA, epoxy acrylate, TiO2 and adhesive monomer 4-META was prepared and the adhesive bonding strength between the opaque resin and Ni-Cr alloy which is for crown and bridge works, was measured. As the results, the opaque resin applied on the metal casting with proper surface treatment showed an excellent adhesive bonding strength of 260 kg/cm2. This value did not decreased even after subjected to 300 time thermal cyclings (4 degrees C and 60 degrees C). After a three months immersion in water at 37 degrees C, adhesive bonding strength decreased slightly to 190 kg/cm2.