The purpose of this study was to compare the tensile bond strength of Comspan and Panavia as a luting materials between electrochemically etched Ni-Cr-Be alloy castings and acid etchea human tooth enamel. Tensile bond strength was evaluated using an I...
The purpose of this study was to compare the tensile bond strength of Comspan and Panavia as a luting materials between electrochemically etched Ni-Cr-Be alloy castings and acid etchea human tooth enamel. Tensile bond strength was evaluated using an Instron testing machine at a crosshead speed of 2mm/min. The following conclusions can be drawn frfm this study ; 1. The tensile bond strength of etched-metal resin-bonded specimen was $179.0{\pm}42.5kg/cm^2$ in case of Comspan and $169.6{\pm}41.4kg/cm^2$ in case of Panavia. 2. The tensile bond strength was not significantly different between Comspan, using with bonding agent, and Panavia, using without bonding agent.