The effect of a bonding agent and thermo-mechanical cycling on the bond strength of a glass-ceramic to gold and cobalt-chromium alloys

Applied Adhesion Science

Table 2 The mean and standard deviations flexural bond strength values (MPa) for all experimental conditions

Bonding agent	Mechanico-thermal cycling	Alloy		Mean (SD)
Bonding agent	Mechanico-thermal cycling	Gold	Co-Cr	Mean (SD)
Wash opaque	Absence	50.24 ± 4.19	40.62 ± 5.88	45.43 ± 6.99
No wash opaque	Absence	37.26 ± 6.94	38.65 ± 5.03	37.95 ± 5.90
Wash opaque	Presence	40.29 ± 5.23	37.75 ± 6.97	39.02 ± 6.09
No wash opaque	Presence	24.71 ± 3.30	36.56 ± 8.49	30.63 ± 8.72
Mean (SD)		38.12 ± 10.45	38.40 ± 6.56