The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the shear bond strengths and failure sites of metal brackets bonded with chemically cured adhesive and light-cured adhesive. 10 brackets were bonded on prepared enamel surfaces with Transbond^® (Unitek/3M; U.S.A.) light-cured orthodontic adhesive and another 10 brackets were bonded with Ortho-one^® (Bisco: U.S.A.) chemically cured orthodontic adhesive. 24 hours after bonding, the Instron universal testing machine was used to measure the shear bond strengths. The failure sites were examined under streoscopic microscope. The results were as follows: 1. The mean shear bond strength of metal brackets bonded with light-cured adhesive was lower than that of metal brackets bonded with chemically cured adhesive, but the difference was not statistically significant (p<0.05). 2. Regardless of the type of adhesives, the brackets were failed primarily at the bracket baseadhesive interface. 3. Bonding of metal brackets with light-cured adhesive is considered to be clinically acceptable.