A laboratory investigation of the shear and strength of stainless steel brackets applied with glass ionomer cement (Ketac-Cem®) and a conventional adhesive (Right-on®) is described. Sandblasting of the bracket base was undertaken in half of the sample bonded with Ketac-Cem and produced a significant reduction in the probability of failure relative to the unsandblasted sample.
Brackets with sandblasted and unsandblasted bases, bonded with Ketac-Cem were subjected to mechanical fatigue in a ball mill for a total of 20 hours. Mean survival time (MST) was then calculated for each group and was found to be significantly improved by sandblasting of the bracket base (P <0·01).
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