Table 1.

Mean shear bond strength (SBS) of different materials used in the indirect bonding technique.

Author (Year)	Data from Research
	Method	Material	Number of Teeth	Mean SBS (SD)	Conclusions
Hocevar et al., 1988 [7]	Direct	Concise (3M, St Paul, Minn, USA)	18	6.69 (0.92)	NSD
	Indirect	Concise (3M, St Paul, Minn, USA)	18	6.40 (0.87)
Milne et al., 1989 [9]	Direct	Concise (3M, St Paul, Minn, USA)	12	19.06 (1.67)	NSD
	Indirect	Concise (3M, St Paul, Minn, USA)	12	16.77 (3.04)
Yi et al., 2003 [3]	Direct	Transbond XT (3M Unitek, Monrovia, CA, USA)	27	10.9 (2.9)	NSD
	Indirect	APC, Sondhi Rapid Set (3M Unitek, Monrovia, CA, USA)	27	11.2 (2.6)
Klocke et al., 2003 [5]	Direct	Transbond XT (3M Unitek, Monrovia, CA, USA)	20	13.88 (4.33)	TC: lower SBS LC, CC: NSD
	Indirect	Thermacure+MaximumCure (Reliance Orthodontic Products, Itasca, Ill, USA)	20	7.28 (4.88)
		Thermacure+Custom IQ (Reliance Orthodontic Products, Itasca, Ill, USA)	20	7.07 (4.11)
		PhaseII+MaximumCure (Reliance Orthodontic Products, Itasca, Ill, USA)	20	15.41 (3.21)
		APC, Sondhi Rapid Set (3M Unitek, Monrovia, CA, USA)	20	14.99 (2.85)
Polat et al., 2004 [10]	Direct	Transbond XT (3M Unitek, Monrovia, CA, USA)	20	12,8 (5.4)	Transbond XT + SondhiRapidSet: lower SBS
	Indirect	Thermacure+CustomIQ+adhesion booster (Reliance Orthodontic Products, Itasca, Ill, USA)	20	10.3 (4.1)
		Transbond XT, Sondhi Rapid Set (3M Unitek, Monrovia, CA, USA)	20	6.1 (1.6)
Linn et al., 2006 [8]	Direct	Transbond XT (3M Unitek, Monrovia, CA, USA)	20	16,27 (4.74)	NSD
	Indirect	Transbond XT, Sondhi Rapid Set (3M Unitek, Monrovia, CA, USA)	20	14.76 (4.06)
		Enlight LV, OrthoSolo (Orm- co Corporation, Glendora, Calif, USA)	20	13,83 (4.27)

Legend: TC—Thermally Cured Material; CC—Chemo-Cured Material; LC—Light-Cured Material; SBS—Shear Bond Strength; SD—Standard Deviation; NSD—No Significant Difference