Research Article

Evaluation of Zirconia Surfaces after Strong-Acid Etching and Its Effects on the Shear Bond Strength of Dental Resin Cement

Table 1

Experimental group allocation for measuring the shear bond strength.

Resin cement (group)Surface treatment
Etching for 15 min (ET15)Etching for 30 min (ET30)Airborne-particle abrasion (AB)Airborne-particle abrasion and etching for 15 min (ABET)

Rely-X U200 (U)ET15-UET30-UAB-UABET-U
Panavia F 2.0 (F)ET15-FET30-FAB-UABET-U

3M ESPE, St. Paul, MN, USA; Kuraray, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.