It was postulated that using a dual-cured composite to bond orthodontic brackets could result in bond strengths comparable with those of chemically-activated materials and higher than those for light-activated materials.
The shear bond strength of four composite resins used to attach mesh-backed orthodontic brackets was measured at 24 hours and following mechanical insult in the ball-mill.
Analysis of variance and an SNK range test showed that at 24 hours Dual-cured Porcelite® gave a significantly higher mean bond strength than the other materials (P<0·05). However, following ball-milling the mean bond strength for Right-on® was apparently significantly higher than that of the other materials. (P<0·05).
In this study, the mode of bond failure is also analysed and the use of Weibull analysis in bond strength testing is described.
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