Research Article

Shear Bond Strength of MDP-Containing Self-Adhesive Resin Cement and Y-TZP Ceramics: Effect of Phosphate Monomer-Containing Primers

Table 3

Means and standard deviations of the shear bond strength (MPa) of the samples with Clearfil SA Luting cement and different surface treatments on Y-TZP ( = 10).

Priming conditionsSurface conditions
No air abrasion (polished)Air abrasion

None4.61 (1.13)A9.84 (2.36)B
Metal/Zirconia Primer5.41 (1.66)A10.00 (2.29)B
Z-PRIME Plus10.72 (1.70)B15.23 (1.97)C

Different superscripts indicate a statistical difference ( < 0.05), and identical superscripts indicate no statistical difference in the designated group after the Student–Newman–Keuls multiple comparison test.