Effect of thermal cycling on microleakage and μTBS of resin-composite restorations

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the microleakage and μTBS of class III composite resin restoration using two bonding systems – the self etching primer Clearfil SE Bond/Kuraray (SE) and the one-bottle Single Bond/3MEspe (SB) subjected (C) or not (NC) to thermal cycles. 200 box-type class III cavities were prepared on surfaces of bovine incisors and divided into 4 groups: G1:SB/NC; G2:SB/C; G3:SE/NC; G4:SE/C. After the restorative procedures, G1 and G3 were immersed in a dye solution and the restorations were sectioned perpendicular to the cervical margin interface into 0.7 ± 0.2 mm thick slabs. These sections were first evaluated according to dye penetration and then the slabs were further trimmed at the interface to produce samples with a hourglass shape (cross-sectional surface area of 1mm2) to μTBS test evaluation. The samples of G2 and G4 were thermocycled (2.000 cycles, 5-55 oC) and then subjected to the same procedures described for G1 and G3. The microleakage results were analyzed by the de Kruskal-Wallis (p < 0.05) test, and no differences were observed among groups. The μTBS means were analyzed by the Anova 2 way and Tukey test: G1:18.80a; G2:19.78a; G3:13.29c; G4:6.23b. Regardless the thermal cycles, both adhesive systems present the same microleakage results. However, for SE thermal cycling had adversely affected the bond strength values, but for SB no differences were observed.