Abstract

SOUZA, Lidiane Costa de et al. Bond strength of glass fiber posts to dentin in different regions of the root canal. RGO, Rev. gaúch. odontol. (Online) [online]. 2011, vol.59, n.1, pp. 51-58. ISSN 1981-8637.

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the bond strength of the adhesive interface of fiber glass posts (Reforpost nº 3 - Angelus) to root dentin. METHODS: Twenty-four roots of human teeth were treated endodontically and drilled to a depth of 9mm. Posts were cemented using one of the following three systems (n = 8): group 1 (G1) - Single Bond 2 system (3M ESPE, St. Paul, MN, EUA) / RelyX ARC (3M ESPE, St. Paul, MN, EUA); group 2 (G2) ED Primer (Kuraray Medical Inc. Kurashiki, Japan) / Panavia 21 (Kuraray Medical Inc. Kurashiki, Japan) system; and group 3 (G3) RelyX Unicem (3M ESPE/AG. Seefeld, Germany) cement. The roots were sectioned into three parts corresponding to the coronal, middle and apical thirds. The specimens were submitted to the push-out test. Bond strength values were submitted to analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the Tukey's test (p< 0.05). RESULTS: Only G2 presented statistically significant differences among the three regions of the canal with the apical third presenting the lowest mean bond strength. In relation to the coronal third, G3 presented higher bond strengths than G2. G1 was statistically equal to the other two materials. Regarding the middle and apical thirds, the mean bond strength of G2 was significantly lower than those of G2 and G3, these two being statistically equal. CONCLUSION: The dual-cure cements (RelyX ARC, 3M ESPE, St. Paul, MN, EUA and RelyX Unicem, 3M ESPE, St. Paul, MN, EUA) promoted higher bond strengths between the endodontic post and root dentin than the self-cure cement (Panavia 21, Kuraray Medical Inc., Kurashiki, Japan).

Keywords : Dentin; Dentin-bonding agents; Resin cements; Shear strength.