Influence of Polishing Methods on the Bonding Effectiveness and Durability of Different Resin Cements to Dentin

Table 1

Materials used in this experiment.

Product name (manufacturer)	Material	Main compositio	Batch number
Variolink N; (Ivoclar Vivadent, Schaan, Principality of Liechtenstein)	Syntac primer	Triethylene glycol methacrylate, PEGDMA, maleic acid, and ketone in an aqueous solution	R96210
	Syntac adhesive	PEGDMA and glutaraldehyde in an aqueous solution	R79315
	Heliobond	Bis-GMA, TEGDMA, stabilizers, and initiators	V03480
Variolink N; (Ivoclar Vivadent, Schaan, Principality of Liechtenstein)	Resin cement	Monomer matrix: Bis-GMA, UDMA, TEGDMA; Fillers: 46.7% wt, 0.7 μm mean particle size, barium glass, ytterbium trifluoride, Ba-Al-F-Si glass, spheroid mixed oxide; Additional contents: initiators, stabilizers, pigments	T32910 yellow(universal), A3
Multilink N; (Ivoclar Vivadent, Schaan, Principality of Liechtenstein)	Primer	Primer A is an aqueous solution of initiators; Primer B contains HEMA, phosphonic acid acrylate, methacrylate monomers, and stabilizers	S34663
Multilink N; (Ivoclar Vivadent, Schaan, Principality of Liechtenstein)	Resin cement	Monomer matrix: dimethacrylate and HEMA; Fillers: 0.9 μm mean particle size, 40 vol%, barium glass, ytterbium trifluoride, and spheroid mixed oxide	T18945 transparent
Multilink Speed; (Ivoclar Vivadent, Schaan, Principality of Liechtenstein)	Resin cement	Monomer matrix: dimethacrylates and phosphoric acid monomers; Fillers: mean particle size 5 μm, 40 vol%, barium glass, ytterbium trifluoride, copolymer, and silicon dioxide; Additional contents: catalysts, stabilizers, and pigments	S05050 translucent

Composition as provided by the manufacturers: TEGDMA, triethylene glycol dimethacrylate; PEGDMA, polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate; Bis-GMA, bisphenol A glycidyl methacrylate; HEMA, hydroxyethyl methacrylate; UDMA, urethane dimethacrylate.