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Effect
fect of Light-Cured Resin Cement Applicat
on Translucenc
ranslucency y of Ceramic Veneer
eneerss and Lig
of LED Pol ymerization Units
olymerization
Lei Zhang, DMD, PhD, 1 Xiao Ping Luo, BDS, DMD, PhD, 1 & Ren Xiang Tan,
1 Department of Prosthodontics, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University,
2 State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Functional Biomolecules, Nanjing Unive
3 State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for TCM Quality and Efficacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicin

1 1
1
Keywords
2 Abstract
Ceramic
3
veneer; glass ceramic; resin cement
application; translucency.
Purpose: To ev aluate the effect of light-cured
evaluate
Department of Prosthodontics, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University,
etching and silanization on the translucent prop
State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Functional Biomolecules, Nanjing Unive
Lei Zhang, DMD, PhD, Xiao Ping Luo,
Correspondence
BDS, DMD,
thicknesses, PhD,
testing & Ren Xiang
the hypothesis Tan,
that the
State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for TCM Quality and Efficacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicin
Effect of Light-Cured Resin Cement Applicat
Ren Xiang Tan, State Key Laboratory of cement application could influence the transluce
ship between translucency of ceramic veneers
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of
on Translucency of Ceramic Veneers and Lig
Functional Biomolecules, Nanjing University, LED polymerization units was also determined.
Materials and Methods: 40 specimens (10
of LED Polymerization Units
Nanjing 210046, China.
E-mail: rxtan@nju.edu.cn e.max Press HT A2 ceramic ingots, and polished
Keywords
Ceramic veneer; glass ceramic; resin cement 0.7 ± 0.01 mm, 1.0 ± 0.01 mm, and 1.5 ± 0.01
The authors deny any conflicts of interest of each disc was etched with HF acid, silanized
application; translucency.
related to this study. light-cured resin cement (V (Variolink
ariolink N Transpare
Purpose:
procedure, T o ev
the aluate
total the effect
luminous of light-cured
transmittance
Correspondence
Accepted March 7, 2018
Ren Xiang Tan, State Key Laboratory of Abstract
aetching and silanization
spectrophotometer in aon the translucent
wavelength
wav elength range prop
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of
doi: 10.1111/jopr.12910
thicknesses,
was testing the
used to measure the hypothesis
light intensity thatirradiated
the
Functional Biomolecules, Nanjing University, cementtransmission
Light application could
(LT)
(L influenceceramic
T) through the transluce
speci
Nanjing 210046, China. ship calculated.
was between translucency of ceramic analyzed
Data were statistically veneers
E-mail: rxtan@nju.edu.cn LEDTpolymerization
and ukey’ss test. Theunits
ukey’ was alsobetween
correlation determined.
trans
Materials
resin cementand Methods:and
application 40 light
specimens (10
transmission
The authors deny any conflicts of interest e.max Press
evaluated
ev aluated HT Spearman
using A2 ceramic ingots, and
correlation testpolished
(p
related to this study. ±
0.7 0.01W
Results: mm,ith 1.0 ± 0.01 mm,
the increase ±
and 1.5 thickne
of ceramic 0.01
Accepted March 7, 2018 of each disc
nificantly (pwas etchedFor
< 0.05). with theHF acid, silanized
0.3-mm, 0.5-mm,
light-cured
mittance of resin cement
ceramic (Variolink
specimens N Transpare
was statistically
doi: 10.1111/jopr.12910 procedure, the
application (p <total luminous
0.05). The r value transmittance
of Bluephas
a spectrophotometer
and 0.883 for Bluephase in a 20i,
wavelength range
indicating that
was used to measure the light intensity irradiated
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Light transmission (LT) through ceramic speci
was calculated. Data were statistically analyzed p
and Tukey’s test. The correlation between trans
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itively correlated to the translucency of cerami

itively
curing units.
Conclusion: After the light-cured resin ceme
silanization, the ceramic veneers (less than
and the translucency decreased when the thickn
translucency of ceramic veneers, the light intens
layer would decrease when curing.

In the last few decades, esthetic demands of patients and den- Although introduced
tists hav itivelyrestorations.
havee led to the development of all-ceramic correlated to the translucency
veneer is currentlyof one
cerami
curing units.
The use of ceramic materials has been widespread due to the ternatives,
ternativ es, especially for
natural appearance, biocompatibility Conclusion:
biocompatibility,, chemical stability After
stability,, high the
preparation, theresin
light-cured ceme
maintenan
silanization,
compressivee resistance, and a thermal expansion
compressiv the ceramic
similar to tooth veneers
tial for (lessesthetics
excellent than
structure.1 Sev
Several and the translucency
eral commercially available all-ceramic systems decreased
veneers.3,4when the thickn
for the fabrication of complete cov
coverage translucency
erage crowns as well asofve-ceramic veneers,
Even with thethe
light
greatintens
neers hav
havee been introduced. layer would decrease when curing.
esthetic restorations simil

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In the last few decades, esthetic demands of patients and den- Although introduced
tists have led to the development of all-ceramic restorations. veneer is currently one
1 3,4
The use of ceramic materials has been widespread due to the ternatives, especially for
natural appearance, biocompatibility, chemical stability, high preparation, the maintenan
compressive resistance, and a thermal expansion similar to tooth tial for excellent esthetics
structure. Several commercially available all-ceramic systems veneers.
Journal
for the fabrication of complete coverage crowns as well as of
ve-Prosthodontics 28 (2019) e376–e382
Even with the great
neers have been introduced. esthetic restorations simil
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