%0 Journal Article %T Bond strength of dual-cured resin cements to root canal dentin %A Bruna Junqueira Correa %A Aline Evangelista Souza-Gabriel %A Fuad Jacob Abi Rached-Junior %A Silvio Rocha Correa da Silva %J RSBO %D 2012 %I University of Joinville %X Introduction: The bonding of dental posts to the root canal walls depends on the resin cement. Objective: This in vitro study assessed the bond strength of resin cements used for post cementation to different root regions. Material and methods: Thirty canine roots were endodontically treated and prepared to receive dental posts which were luted with different resin cements (n = 10): Enforce (Dentsply), Panavia F (Kuraray Dental Co) and RelyX ARC (3M ESPE). The cements were light-cured for 20 s. After cementation, slices from cervical, middle and apical post/root regions were submitted to the push out test in a universal testing machine. The data (MPa) were analyzed using ANOVA and Tukey¡¯s test(a = 0.05). Results: RelyX ARC (3.24 ¡À 1.49) and Enforce (3.45 ¡À 1.42) showed higher bond strength than Panavia (0.95 ¡À 0.39) (p < 0.05),without statistically significant difference between each other(p > 0.05). The bond strength values at the cervical (3.37 ¡À 1.47) were higher than middle (2.62 ¡À 1.94) and apical (1.65 ¡À 0.99) regions (p < 0.05), which were similar between them (p > 0.05). Conclusion: The resin cements RelyX ARC and Enforce presented greater bond strength than Panavia and the bond strength was higher at the cervical region. %K resin cements %K light-cured bonding of dental cements %K dental posts %K dentin. %U http://vdisk.univille.edu.br/community/depto_odontologia/get/ODONTOLOGIA/RSBO/RSBO_v9_n3_julho-setembro2012/v9n3a10.pdf