Table 2. Shear bond strength (SBS) of specimens with surface pretreatment by grinding (G) or plasma activation (PA), in combination with different adhesive systems and resin materials after artificial aging (A).
| Adhesive system | Futurabond U (FBU) | Futurabond M+ (FBM) | Futurabond M+ + DCA (FBMD) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resin material | Bifix SE (SE) | Bifix QM (QM) | Bifix SE (SE) | Bifix QM (QM) | Bifix SE (SE) | Bifix QM (QM) | ||||||
| Groups without artificial aging | G_FBU_SE_A | PA_FBU_SE_A | G_FBU_QM_A | PA_FBU_QM_A | G_FBM_SE_A | PA_FBM_SE_A | G_FBM_QM_A | PA_FBM_QM_A | G_FBMD_SE_A | PA_FBMD_SE_A | G_FBMD_QM_A | PA_FBMD_QM_A |
| Mean (MPa) | 0.0 | 1.5 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 11.7 | 14.6 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 8.3 | 11.8 |
| SD (MPa) | 0.0 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 9.2 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 7.4 | 4.0 |
| Minimum (MPa) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 |
| Maximum (MPa) | 0.0 | 3.2 | 15.7 | 19.0 | 2.2 | 28.7 | 20.1 | 21.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 19.7 | 16.8 |
Mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum of SBS are given (sample size n = 10)