An in-vitro investigation of microleakage of sandwich restorations with flow able liner in class II cavaties with cervical margins in dentine

Large butt-joint box typed class II cavites with cervical margins 1mm below the cemento-enamel junction were cut into 70 extracted human molars. The cavities(7 groups, n=10) were filled using a closed/open sandwich restoration or total bond restoration technique with materials according to the manufacturer's recommandation using the single-component bonding agent for each system. Teeth were thermocycled 500 times between $5^{\circ}C$ and $55^{\circ}C$ with 30-second dwell times.(omitted)