EFFECT OF SURFACE TREATMENT ON BOND STRENGTH OF PORCELAIN LAMINATE VENEER TO ENAMEL

Laminate Veneer용 도재의 표면처리가 치질과의 결합강도에 미치는 영향

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the shear bond strength between porcelain laminate veneer and enamel according to the surface treatment and thermocycling. Group I, as a control group, was sandblasted only; group II was sandblasted and etched; group III was sandblasted and silane treated; and group IV was sandblasted, etched and silane treated. A porcelain block was placed onto the etched enamel under a 150g static load and the bonded site was light-cured from 4 directions for 1 minute each. The 72 bonded specimens were stored in water at $37^{\circ}C$ for 1 day. Half of each group were thermocycled at $4^{\circ}C$ and $60^{\circ}C$ for 100 cycles with a dwelling time in each bath of 1 min. Following thermocycling, the specimens were installed in an Instron universal testing machine and the shear bond strength was measured. After the specimens were fractured, the fractured surfaces were examined with SEM. The obtained results were as follows : 1. The shear bond strength of the sandblasted and etched and silane treated group(Group IV) was the strongest of all, and the shear bond strengths between the sandblasted group(Group I) and the sandblasted and silane treated group(Group III) were not statistically different(p>0.05). 2. When the shear bond strength was measured after thermocycling, only the sandblasted, etched and silane treated group(Group IV) was statistically different(p<0.05). 3. The scanning electron microscopic views of the fractured surfaces show more irregularities and more resin fragments in the etched group than in the unetched group. 4. The scanning electron microscopic views of the fractured surfaces show a more delicate surface after thermocycling and after silane treatment than before thermocycling and before silane treatment.