Evaluation of the esthetic effect of resin cements and try-in pastes on ceromer veneers.

OBJECTIVE

To evaluate the influence of various shades of resin cements on the final color of ceromer veneers and analyse the agreement of resin cements and corresponding try-in pastes.

METHODS

Ceromer disks (Ceramage, 1.0mm×10mm diameter) were bonded to resin background disks (3.0mm×10mm diameter) using five shades of resin cements (RelyX Veneer), whilst butylphthalate was placed between ceromer and resin background as the control group (n=5). The corresponding try-in pastes were placed between ceromer and resin background disks using the specimens of the control group. After colorimetric evaluations, the thickness of ceromer disks was reduced to 0.8 and 0.5mm. Color measurements were repeated at each thickness. To analyse masking ability of the cement, resin background disks with 0.1mm thick cement layer were fabricated using five shades of resin cements (n=5).

RESULT

Two-way ANOVA of ΔE values of cement shades and control group revealed significant differences in cement shade and thickness, and their interaction (p<0.001). The 0.5mm thick Ceramage specimens yielded the highest mean ΔE values (2.44±1.12) for all cement shade groups. A3, WO, and B05 shade of resin cements created perceptible color differences (ΔE>2.0) in 0.5mm thick specimens and WO shade in 0.8mm thick specimens. There were no perceptible color differences between resin cements and corresponding try-in pastes.

CONCLUSION

The effect of resin cements on the final color of ceromer veneers depended on cement shades and thickness of ceromer. The color of resin cements and corresponding try-in pastes achieved high agreement.