EC Dental Science

The influence of treatment of the surface of IPS Empress II (e-max) glass-ceramic with different silanes, on the surface behavior during the cementation with tooth dentine was evaluated according to the bond strength of the cementation. IPS Empress II (e- max) samples were treated with one silane treatment protocol.

For the cementation we used three different resin cements and one flow composite resin. After the cementation the samples were tested for tensile strength of the bond with an original stainless steel “O-RING” device, to revel the bond strength for each one of the cementation protocols

Keywords: IPS Empress II (e-max); O-RING; Tensile Strength

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