Abstract
A hybrid ceramic, Estenia®, is a highly-filled composite for indrect use. The purpose of this study was to measure the shear bond strength between Estenia® and six incremental materials: Estenia®, Cesead II®, Epricord®, Gradia®, Prossimo®, and Solidex®. Five specimens were prepared for each group, and all specimens were subjected to shear bond strength testing at a cross-head speed of 1mm/min. Data were analyzed using two-way ANOVA and Dunnett's T3 test at 95% confidence level. The results indicated that the shear bond strength of Estenia® to Estenia® was significantly lower than that of any other combinations. Apart from storage condition that was found to influence shear bond strength statistically, thermal cycling of the specimens also tended to decrease the bond strength between Estenia® and the incremental materials. It was concluded that regularly-filled composites are suitable to be used as an incremental material facing Estenia® in combination technique.
