Shear bond strengths of three resin cements used with three adhesive primers for metal.

This study compared the durability and shear bond strengths of combinations of three adhesive primers and three resin cements bonded to silver-palladium-copper-gold (Ag-Pd-Cu-Au) and cobalt-chromium (Co-Cr) alloys. The adhesive luting cements Imperva Dual, Panavia 21, and Super-Bond C&B and the adhesive primers Metal Primer material, V-Primer material, and Cesead Opaque Primer material were used. The application of Metal Primer material was effective in improving the shear bond strengths between each of the three resin cements and Ag-Pd-Cu-Au alloy compared with nonprimed specimens. Co-Cr alloy primed with Cesead Opaque Primer, followed by cementation with Imperva Dual or Super-Bond C&B luting cements yielded the strongest shear bond strengths after 50,000 thermocycles, and Panavia 21 cement did not reveal any significant differences in bond strengths between nonprimed specimens and those primed with Cesead Opaque Primer at all thermocycles.