Microtensile bond strength of a simplified self-etching adhesive to enamel: influence of multiple coats

Abstract

This study tested the null hypothesis that the number of applications of a self-etching primer would not infl uence the microtensile bond strength at the interface resin/enamel. Bovine teeth were fl atted to expose the prismatic enamel with wet 600 grit silicon carbide papers. The teeth were divided into two groups: FB 1coat, FuturaBond (Voco) applied according to the manufacturer’s instruction for 30 s; and, FB 4coats, applied four times, 30s each. Then, they were restored with Polofi l (Voco) resin composite. After 24h, samples were cut with a diamond low speed saw under water cooling to obtain stick-shaped specimens of approximately 0,5 mm2 cross-sectional area. The sticks underwent microtensile testing at a speed of 1 mm/min. The bond strength, in MPa, was: FB 1coat, 33.57 ±8.77 (18); FB 4coats: 33.57 ±8.77 (18). This values, at t student test, had not showed signifi cant difference (p=0.58). In this study, the number of coats did not interfere at the values of bond strength at the interface resin/enamel.