Research Article

Analysis of Self-Adhesive Resin Cement Microshear Bond Strength on Leucite-Reinforced Glass-Ceramic with/without Pure Silane Primer or Universal Adhesive Surface Treatment

Table 2

Mean and standard deviation (SD) of microshear bond strength (in MPa).

GroupWater storage (24 hours)Thermocycling (10,000 cycles)

NC20.18 (2.01)c20.68 (4.60)b
SBU27.33 (2.81)b22.49 (4.11)
PC30.50 (3.40)a28.77 (3.52)a

Within the same column, values with different superscript lower case letters are statistically significantly different (Tukey HSD, P < 0.05).
indicates a significant reduction in bond strength for each group after 10,000 thermocycles (paired t-test, where P < 0.05).
NC: negative control; SBU: Single Bond Universal; PC: positive control.