Table 1.
Materials brands, abbreviations, manufacturers of the materials used in this paper.
Fig 1.
The schematic test protocol.
Fig 2.
Schematic illustration of the shear bond strength test.
Fig 3.
Optical image of the fracture surface indicating the mode of (a) interfacial failure, (b, c) mixed failure and (d) cohesive failure.
Fig 4.
SEM images of surface morphology for LDC (a) before and (b) after HF treatment, and the bonding interface between the resin cement and LDC surface after TC (c) without and (d) with the HF treatment.
Table 2.
Shear bond strength between the lithium disilicate ceramic surface and resin cement before and after thermo-cycling.