1.Comparison between a bulk-fill resinbased composite and three luting materials on the cementation of fiberglass-reinforced posts
Carlos Alberto KENJI SHIMOKAWA ; Paula Mendes ACATAUASSÚ CARNEIRO ; Tamile Rocha da SILVA LOBO ; Roberto Ruggiero BRAGA ; Míriam Lacalle TURBINO ; Adriana Bona MATOS
Restorative Dentistry & Endodontics 2023;48(3):e30-
Objectives:
This study verified the possibility of cementing fiberglass-reinforced posts using a flowable bulk-fill composite (BF), comparing its push-out bond strength and microhardness with these properties of 3 luting materials.
Materials and Methods:
Sixty endodontically treated bovine roots were used. Posts were cemented using conventional dual-cured cement (CC); self-adhesive cement (SA); dual-cured composite (RC); and BF. Push-out bond strength (n = 10) and microhardness (n = 5) tests were performed after 1 week and 4 months of storage. Two-way repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA), 1-way ANOVA, t-test, and Tukey post-hoc tests were applied for the pushout bond strength and microhardness results; and Pearson correlation test was applied to verify the correlation between push-out bond strength and microhardness results (α = 0.05).
Results:
BF presented higher push-out bond strength than CC and SA in the cervical third before aging (p < 0.01). No differences were found between push-out bond strength before and after aging for all the luting materials (p = 0.84). Regarding hardness, only SA presented higher values measured before than after aging (p < 0.01). RC and BF did not present 80% of the maximum hardness at the apical regions. A strong positive correlation was found between the luting materials' push-out bond strength and microhardness (p < 0.01, R 2 = 0.7912).
Conclusions
The BF presented comparable or higher push-out bond strength and microhardness than the luting materials, which indicates that it could be used for cementing resin posts in situations where adequate light curing is possible.

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