Effect of adherend temperature on bond strengths of resin bonding systems to denture base resin and a semi-precious alloy.

This study investigated the effect of adherend temperature on shear bond strengths of auto-polymerizing resin to denture base resin and 4-META/MMA-TBBO resin to silver-palladium-copper-gold (Ag-Pd-Cu-Au) alloy. Bonding procedure was carried out when adherend temperature was 10, 23, 37, or 55°C, and shear bond strengths (SBSs) were measured before and after thermocycling. Before thermocycling, there were no significant differences in bond strength among the four adherend temperatures for each adhesive resin: 31.59±6.11-32.89±2.12 MPa for auto-polymerizing resin; 35.43±2.2-38.38±0.61 MPa for 4-META/MMA-TBBO resin. After thermocycling, optimal adherend temperature to achieve the highest bond strength was 37°C for auto-polymerizing resin to denture base resin (30.02±2.29 MPa) and 10ºC for 4-META/MMA-TBBO resin to Ag-Pd-Cu-Au alloy (37.14±2.17 MPa).