This study evaluated the effect of organic solvent concentration on the tensile strength for an experimental adhesive resin containing a ternary photoinitiator system. A monomer blend based on the Bis-GMA, TEGDMA and HEMA was used as a model dental adhesive resin. Two photoinitiation systems were used: a binary system camphorquinone (CQ) and ethyl 4-dimethylamine benzoate (EDAB)] and a ternary system CQ, EDAB and diphenyliodonium hexafluorphosphate (DPIHFP)]. Varied ethanol concentrations were added to the resins, viz. 0, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40 wt%. The ultimate tensile strength test was used to investigate the influence of the solvent amount on the resistance of resins. Furthermore, the use of iodonium salt in photoinitiation system increased the cohesive strength when compared with the binary system. Regardless of solvent concentration, the cohesive strength of polymers containing diphenyliodonium was higher than for the binary photoinitiator system.
Adhesives; solvents; diphenyliodonium hexafluorphosphate; mechanical strength
