Post-cementation colorimetric evaluation of the interaction between the thickness of ceramic veneers and the shade of resin cement.

Purpose: To evaluate the color parameters (CIELab*) after the cementation of ceramic disks of different thicknesses onto a resin substrate using four different shades of resin cements, and determine the color difference (ΔE) between the adhesively cemented disks and a 10 mm-thick A1 shade ceramic control (target color).

Methods: Ceramic disks, simulating laminate veneers, with thicknesses of 0.5, 0.

Influence of the interposition of ceramic spacers on the degree of conversion and the hardness of resin cements.

This study evaluated: I) the effect of photo-activation through ceramics on the degree of conversion (DC) and on the Knoop hardness (KHN) of light- and dual-cured resin cements; and II) two different protocols for obtaining the spectra of uncured materials, to determine the DC of a dual-cured resin cement. Thin films of cements were photo-activated through ceramics [feldspathic porcelain (FP); lithium disilicate glass-ceramics of low translucency (e.max-LT), medium opacity (e.