“…In the base plane of the mold, the teeth were placed in acrylic-cylindrical molds (15 mm of inner diameter) using self-curing resin (Ostron II, GC, Tokyo, Japan), and the height of the tooth, the distance between the occlusal plane and the base plane of the mold, was set to 25 mm. A 2-mm depth of cross-shaped cavity ( Figure 1 ) was prepared in the center of the tooth using a cavity duplication machine (prototype device, Tokyo Giken, Tokyo, Japan) [ 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 ] with a diamond point (123, Horico Dental, Berlin, Germany). Then, dentin undercuts were prepared using an inverted cone bur (653-002, Tokyo Dental Industrial, Tokyo, Japan).…”