Recently there were two types of luting cements, one type (resin-modified glass-ionomer cement, Fuji Luting: GC) and the other type (resin cement, Chemiace II: Sunmedical, Bistite II: Tokuyama, XenoCem, Sankin) commercially available. The objectives of this study were to investigate the effect of 20, 000 thermocycles on the mechanical properties (flexural strength, modulus of elasticity and modulus of resilience) and on the swelling (dimensional and weight changes) of the new luting cements. And it was compared with those of a conventional resin-modified glass-ionomer cement (Fuji Plus: GC) and a conventional resin cement (Compolute: 3M ESPE).
The values of mechanical property after 20, 000 thermocycles of Fuji Luting were the worst in all cements, those of Bistite II were the greatest, and those of Chemiace II and XenoCem were the middle of between Fuji Plus and Compolute. The values of swelling after 20, 000 thermocycles of Fuji Luting were the largest in all cements and those of Bistite II were no significant difference compared with Compolute. Those of Chemiace II and XenoCem were the middle of between Fuji Plus and Compolute.
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