Bonding Effectiveness of Two Adhesive Luting Cements to Glass Fiber Posts: Pull-Out Evaluation of Three Different Post Surface Conditioning Methods

Table 1

List of materials used in this study.

Materials	Manufacturer	Type	Batch number	Chemical composition*
RelyX Fiber Post size number 1	3M ESPE, Seefeld, Germany	Glass fibers post	56861	60–70% (by weight) of glass fibers which are embedded in a cured epoxy-resin matrix containing zirconia filler
RelyX Unicem	3M ESPE, Seefeld, Germany	Dual-polymerizing self-adhesive universal resin cement	271595	Phosphoric acid methacrylates, dimethacrylates, inorganic fillers (72 wt. %), fumed silica, and initiators
RelyX ARC	3M ESPE, St. Paul, USA	Dual-polymerizing resin cement	3415A1	BISGMA, TEGDMA, and zirconia/silica filler (67.5 wt. %)
ProBase Cold Monomer	Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Schaan, Liechtenstein	Methyl methacrylate	J11291	90–95% methyl methacrylate; <5% butandiole dimethacrylate
Scotchbond Multi-Purpose Plus	3M ESPE, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA	Dual-polymerizing enamel-dentinal adhesive	7546; 7542; 7547	Activator 1,5: ethyl alcohol, benzene sulfinic acid, and sodium salt; primer 2: water, hema copolymer of acrylic, and itaconic acids; and catalyst3,5: BISGMA, HEMA, and benzoyl peroxide
CoJet Sand	3M ESPE, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA	Silicatized sand (particle size 30 µm)	239732	Aluminium oxide >97 silica dioxide <3

∗Information from the manufacturers.