“…However, the present results may, at least in part, be compared with those of previous studies in which similar in vitro bonding procedures, test methods and materials were used. In this study, the mean SBSs for stainless steel buttons bonded in vitro with Transbond XT resin were higher than those reported by Nur et al (19), who reported an average value of 6.6 MPa for the same adhesive resin and round-based stainless steel buttons bonded to extracted molar teeth. Mean shear bond strengths higher than those obtained in the present study were recorded by Nemeth et al (18), who tested mesh-based stainless steel buttons bonded with Transbond XT resin on extracted human molars.…”