Title

Assessment of all-ceramic systems' influence on dual-cure resin cement polymerization: An in vitro study

Authors

PN Savitha¹*, Ravi Shankar Yadav², Sunayana Priyadarshini³, Alok Dwivedi⁴, Hemchand Surapaneni⁵ & Palak Joshi⁶

Affiliation

¹Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, The Oxford Dental College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; ²Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Dental College Azamgarh, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India; ³Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Hi-tech Dental College & Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; ⁴Faculty of Dentistry, Najran University, Najran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; ⁵Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Drs Sudha & Nageswara Rao Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences, Chinoutpalli, Gannavaram Mandal, Andhra Pradesh, India; ⁶Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Modern Dental College and Research Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India; *Corresponding Author

Email

PN Savitha - E-mail: drsavithapn@gmail.com
Ravi Shankar Yadav - E-mail: drraviyadav1@gmail.com
Sunayana Priyadarshini - E-mail: sunayana.priyadarshini7@gmail.com
Alok Dwivedi - E-mail: adkumar@nu.edu.sa
Hemchand Surapaneni - E-mail: hemchand_18@yahoo.co.in
Palak Joshi - E-mail: palakjoshi386@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received October 1, 2025; Revised October 31, 2025; Accepted October 31, 2025, Published October 31, 2025

Abstract

The polymerization of dual-cure resin cements is critical for the long-term success of all-ceramic restorations is of interest. In this in vitro study, sixty ceramic discs were fabricated from lithium disilicate, zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate, monolithic zirconia, feldspathic porcelain and polymer-infiltrated ceramic network (n=12/group). Dual-cure resin cement was light-cured through each disc and the degree of conversion; Vickers microhardness and bond strength were measured using FTIR, microhardness testing and a universal testing machine. One-way ANOVA revealed significant differences among groups (p<0.001), with lithium disilicate showing the highest values and monolithic zirconia the lowest. Thus, we show that the type of ceramic system significantly influences resin cement polymerization, emphasizing lithium disilicate as the most favorable and monolithic zirconia as the least.

Keywords

All-ceramic systems, dual-cure resin cement, degree of conversion, microhardness, bond strength, polymerization

Citation

Savitha et al. Bioinformation 21(10): 3431-3435 (2025)

Edited by

Vini Mehta

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.