antibacterial effect of all-in-one self-etch adhesives on enterococcus faecalis

background and aims. the aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activity of one-step self-etch adhesives on enterococcus faecalis on days 1, 7 and 14 with the use of modified direct contact test. materials and methods. the modified direct contact test was used to evaluate the antibacterial effect of adper easy one, bond force, clearfil s3 bond, futurabond m, g-bond, ibond and optibond all-in-one adhesives on enterococcus faecalis after aging the samples in phosphate-buffered saline for one, seven and fourteen days. data were analyzed using one-way anova and post hoc tukey tests. aging effect of each adhesive was evaluated by paired-sample test. in this study, p 0.05). conclusion. ibond exhibited the highest antibacterial effect on e. faecalis after one week. futurabond and optibond all-in-one exhibited antibacterial effects against e. faecalis for one week.