ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the bond strength of direct or indirect composite restorations to dentine. Thirty bovine teeth were flattened in order to obtain a plain dentine area. The teeth were divided in 3 groups of 10, according to the restoration fixing methods: 1) Direct technique using Single Bond Adhesive System; 2) Indirect technique using Rely-X resin cement; 3) Indirect technique using high viscosity Filtek Flow composite. For group 1, Z-250 composite discs were fixated (6mm diameter by 2 mm height) directly on the treated area. For groups 2 and 3, composite discs were made 24 hours before being cemented, with the same dimensions of group 1, and according to the Rely-X (group 2) and Filtek Flow (group 3) manufacturer's recommendations. After 24h of water storage, the speciments were submitted to a shear bond test on Instron at a speed of 0.5 mm/min. The data were submitted to ANOVA and Tukey's test (5 por cento)...