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Table 1 Shear bond strengths (SBS) of the retainer-adhesive-combinations tested with and without sandblasting

From: Shear bond strength of different retainer wires and bonding adhesives in consideration of the pretreatment process

Grp

Retainer wire

Bonding

n

pre

SBS M [N]

SBS min. [N]

SBS max. [N]

SBS SD N]

1

everStick® ORTHO

Stick®FLOW

20

no

37.02

11.22

81.67

14.79

2

everStick® ORTHO

Stick®FLOW

20

yes

65.62

26.13

101.70

22.13

3

Wildcat® Twistflex Wire

Tetric EvoFlow™

20

no

44.79

15.63

114.85

22.07

4

Wildcat® Twistflex Wire

Tetric EvoFlow™

20

yes

73.26

24.96

122.99

27.40

5

Bond-A-Braid™

Tetric EvoFlow™

20

no

33.55

12.26

59.94

13.85

6

Bond-A-Braid™

Tetric EvoFlow™

20

yes

106.55

63.60

143.52

21.53

7

Wildcat® Twistflex Wire

Transbond™ LR

20

no

63.84

31.78

128.82

29.10

8

Wildcat® Twistflex Wire

Transbond™ LR

20

yes

146.11

25.49

258.10

55.03

9

Bond-A-Braid™

Transbond™ LR

20

no

73.22

16.94

185.11

33.06

10

Bond-A-Braid™

Transbond™ LR

20

yes

156.33

72.58

209.77

36.40

  1. M = mean; SD = standard deviation; max. = maximum; min. = minimum; Grp = test group; pre = pretreatment (enamel sandblasting).