Resistência à tração; Cimento de fosfato de zinco; Cimentos dentários. Tensile strength; Zinc phosphate cement; Dental cements. Influence of Tooth Preparation Surface and Zinc Phosphate Cement on the Tensile Bond Strength of Metallic Copings Objective: To assess the tensile bond strength of silver-tin copings cemented in human dentin varying the zinc phosphate cement and tooth preparation surface. The null hypothesis was that the preparation surface and the type of zinc phosphate cement have no influence on the tensile bond strength of the metallic copings. Method: Standard full crown preparations were made on a power lathe in 60 human third molars extracted for periodontal reasons. Thirty preparations (G1) were made with diamond burs (Komet, USA) and the other 30 (G2) were made with carbide burs (Komet, USA). For each preparation, metallic copings were fabricated and cemented (axial load: 5 kg; time: 7 minutes) on the respective tooth preparation with three different zinc phosphate cements (n=10): G1a/G2a: S.S.White; G1b/G2b; DFL; and G1c/G2c: LS (Vigodent). After 48 hours of storage at 37ºC, the specimens were subjected to the tensile bond strength test (1 mm/min; 50 kgf) in a universal testing machine (EMIC). The data were subjected to statistical analysis by two-way ANOVA and Tukey's test at 5% significance level. Results: The values (kgf) obtained under the experimental conditions were the following: G1a (20.43±2.4), G1b (23.5±5.6), G1c (33.2±6.3), G2a (25.1±9.5), G2b (27.8±3.6) and G2c (32.5±8.3). The results demonstrated that tooth preparation surface did not have a significant effect (p=0.1), but the analysis of the type of cement showed that G1c and G2c were better than the other groups (p=0.001). The null hypothesis was rejected. Conclusion: The LS cement provided higher tensile bond strength values, regardless of the type of bur used for tooth preparation.