1. Is the bond strength of zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate lower than that of lithium disilicate? - A systematic review and meta-analysis
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Ming Zheng, Li-Xian Zhang, Hao Yu, and Deng-Wei Hong
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Dental Stress Analysis ,Ceramics ,Materials science ,Surface Properties ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Dentistry ,Subgroup analysis ,Lithium ,Composite Resins ,Materials Testing ,Lithium disilicate ,Dentistry (miscellaneous) ,Cubic zirconia ,Bond strength ,business.industry ,Silicates ,Significant difference ,Dental Porcelain ,Confidence interval ,Resin Cements ,Systematic review ,chemistry ,Zirconium ,Oral Surgery ,business - Abstract
PURPOSE This study systematically reviewed the literature to compare the bond strength of resin composites with that of zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate (ZLS) and lithium disilicate (LD). STUDY SELECTION This review was structured based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and MetaAnalyses (PRISMA 2020) statement. This study was registered at the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (CRD42021256900). Studies were searched via PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar databases without language or publication year limits. In vitro studies that evaluated the bond strength of the resin composites to ZLS and LD were included. The risk of bias in all the included articles was evaluated. Statistical analyses were performed using the Review Manager software (version 5.3, Cochrane Collaboration, Oxford, UK). RESULTS Of the 90 potentially related articles, the full texts of 16 articles were evaluated after screening. Finally, sevenstudies were included in the qualitative synthesis and meta-analysis. All the studies presented a medium risk of bias. The results showed no significant difference in bond strength between the ZLS and LD groups (P = 0.94, mean difference=0.08, and 95% confidence interval=-1.93 to 2.10). However, a significant difference was found in the subgroup analysis considering different types of aging treatments (P = 0.0008) and different types of bond strength tests (P < 0.00001). CONCLUSION The bond strength of resin composites was found to be similar to that of ZLS and LD, but different aging treatments and bond strength tests exhibited varying effects on the bond strength.
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- 2022