Shear bond strength and microleakage of All-Bond

The shear bond strengths (SBS) were determined to enamel etched with Uni-Etch (Procedure A) or treated with the mixed Primer A and B (Procedure B), to dentin treated with the Dentin Conditioner (Procedure C) or etched with All-Etch (Procedure D), to amalgam treated with the mixed Dual Opaquer Base and Catalyst which was allowed to self cure (Procedure E) or light cured (Procedure F), of amalgam to dentin (Procedure G), to cast metal alloy (Procedure H), and to porcelain (Procedure I). The test specimens were stored in physiological saline at 37 degrees C for 24 hours, and the SBS determined by the application of a shear load directed at the base of the bonded composite cylinders at a crosshead speed of 0.5 mm/minute. The SBS were calculated and expressed in MPa. Standardized Class V preparations were made at the facial aspects of the roots of the teeth, treated with the Dentin Conditioner (Procedure J) or etched with All-Etch (Procedure K). Quantitative microleakage (QM) was determined by means of a spectrophotometric dye-recovery method and expressed in microgram dye/restoration. The mean +/- SD of the SBS in MPa were: A: 18.3 +/- 2.1; B: 22.0 +/- 2.9; C: 17.2 +/- 3.6; D: 15.6 +/- 3.7; E: 12.9 +/- 1.9; F: 13.6 +/- 2.0; G: 13.0 +/- 3.5; H: 21.8 +/- 2.6; I: 8.2 +/- 2.8. The mean +/- SD of the QM in microgram dye/restoration were: J: 2.61 +/- 1.22 and K: 1.95 +/- 0.59. The analysis of the SBS data showed that the application of the Primer to enamel resulted in a significant increase in SBS.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)