THE BONDING DURABILITY OF RESIN CEMENTS

The objectives of this study was to evaluate the durability of 4 resin cements by means of microtensile bond strength test combined with thermocycling method and fractographic FE-SEM analysis. Experimental groups were prepared according to thermocycling (0, 1,000, 5,000) and the kind of resin cements, those were Variolink II, Multilink, Panavia F 2.0, Rely X Unicem. Flat dentin surfaces were created on mid-coronal dentin of extracted third molars. Then fresh dentin surface was grounded with 320-grit silicon carbide abrasive papers to create uniform smear layers. Indirect composite block (Tescera, Bisco Inc., Schaumburg, IL, USA) was fabricated ($12\;{\times}\;12\;{\times}\;6\;mm^3$). It's surface for bonding to tooth was grounded with silicon carbide abrasive papers from 180- to 600-grit serially, then sandblasted witk $20\;-\;50\;{\mu}m$ alumina oxide. According to each manufacturer's instruction, dentin surface was treated and indirect composite block was luted on it using each resin cement. For Rely X Unicem, dentin surface was not treated. The bonded tooth-resin block were stored in distilled water at $37^{\circ}C$ for 24 hours. After thermocycling, the bonded tooth-resin block was sectioned occluso-gingivally to 1.0 mm thick serial slabs using all Isomet slow-speed saw (Isomet, Buehler Ltd, Lake Bluff, IL, USA). These sectioned slabs were further sectioned to $1.0\;{\times}\;1.0\;mm^2$ composite-dentin beams. The specimens were tested with universal testing machine (EZ-Test, Shimadzu, Japan) at a crosshead speed of 1.0 mm/min with maximum load of 500 N. The data was analyzed using one-way ANOVA and Duncan's multiple comparison test at $p\;{\leq}\;0.05$ level. Within the limited results, we conclude as follows; 1. The bond strength of Variolink II was evaluated the highest among experimental groups and was significantly decreased after 1,000 thermocycling (p < 0.05). 2. The bond strength of Multilink was more affected by thermocycling than the other experimental groups and significantly decreased after 1,000 thermocycling (p < 0.05). 3. Panavia F 2.0 and Rely X Unicem showed the gradually decreased tendency of microtensile bond strength according to thermocycling but there was no significant difference (p > 0.05). 4. Adhesive based-resin cements showed lower bond strength with or without thermocycling than composite based-resin cements. 5. Variolink II & Multilink showed high bond strength and mixed failure, which was occurred with a thin layer of luting resin cement before thermocycling and gradually increased adhesive failure along the dentin surface after thermocycling. The bonding performance of resin cement can be affected by application procedure and chemical composition. Composite based-resin cement showed higher bond strength and durability than adhesive based-resin cement.

레진시멘트의 접착 내구성에 관한 연구

4종의 레진시멘트를 통한 상아질과 간접 레진 수복물 간의 인장결합강도를 열순환 시효처리 여부에 따라 측정하여 비교하고, 주사전자현미경 관찰을 통하여 각 레진시멘트의 접착 내구성을 평가하고자 시행하였다. 48개의 건전한 제3대구치의 상아질 표면을 평탄하게 노출시키고 #320 grit Sic Paper로 연마하였다. 복합레진 블록을 제작하여 #600 grit Sic Paper로 연마한 후에 접착면을 Sandblast로 처리하였다. 각각의 레진시멘트로 제조사 지침에 따라 적용하여 복합레진 블록을 상아질 표면에 접착하였다. 이후 제작된 시편을 열순환시키지 않거나, 1,000회, 5,000회 열순환 시킨 후 ($5^{\circ}C\;-\;55^{\circ}C$) 미세인장결합강도를 측정하였다. 열순환 전 시편의 접착계면 (수직절단면)과 파절된 시편의 상아질 파단면을 전자현미경 관찰하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. Variolink II의 결합강도는 다른 실험군보다 높은 결합강도를 보여주었으며, 1,000회 열순환 후 유의성 있게 결합강도가 감소되었다 (p < 0.05). 3. Multilink의 결합강도는 열순환에 가장 많은 영향을 받았으며 1,000회 열순환 이후 유의성 있게 감소되었다 (p < 0.05). 3. Panavia F 2.0과 Rely X Unicem의 결합강도는 열순환에 의하여 감소되지 않았다 (p > 0.05). 4. 접착형 레진시멘트는 복합레진형 레진시멘트에 비해서 열처리 전후 모두 낮은 결합강도를 보여주었다. 5. 결합강도가 높은 Vaviolink II와 Multilink에서는 혼합형 파괴양상을 보였고, 결합강도가 낮은 Panavia F 2.0에서는 접착성 파괴 양상을 나타내었다. 이상의 연구 결과를 토대로 적절한 전처리와 접착제를 도포한다면 복합레진형 레진시멘트는 접착형 레진시멘트보다 결합강도와 그 내구성이 우수하다고 할 수 있을 것이다. 접착성 간접 수복물의 초기 결합강도와 내구성은 레진시멘트의 접착과정과 종류, 형태에 의해 영향을 받기 때문에 이들의 적절한 선택과 올바른 사용이 성공적인 수복을 위해 중요하다.