Introduction: The biggest challenge that orthodontist face in the clinical practice is debonding of the brackets. The best way to avoid bond failure is to adhere strictly to the rules of good bonding. Aims and Objectives: Aims and objectives of the study were to measure shear bond strength of orthodontic brackets which were rebonded using different tooth surface reconditioning methods that are ...

Two hundred and forty Begg orthodontic brackets prewelded to a Dyna-Bond pad were bonded to bovine incisors using four orthodontic adhesives and four anterior restorative materials. Then samples of each material were tested after one day, three months, and six months immersion in lactic acid utilizing the Instron Universal Testing Instrument. The mean bond strength of each material at each time...

background. acid etching prior to orthodontic bracket bonding may result in enamel wear or cracks following bracket removal. the manufacturer of fuji ortho lc glass-ionomer (gi) claims that it can bond brackets to wet unetched enamel. this study aimed to compare the bracket bond strength to etched and unetched enamel under dry and wet conditions. methods. in this in vitro study, 60 intact premo...

AIM To evaluate and compare the shear bond strength of metal brackets bonded to ceramic surfaces using different conditioning methods and to assess the site of bond failure after debonding. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 70 ceramic surfaces were produced with uniform shape, size and composition. The samples were divided into 7 groups (each of 10 samples). Group 1 was the control group (untr...

This study assessed bonding of orthodontic brackets to porcelain teeth using two different surface preparation techniques and comparing two bonding systems, Fuji Ortho L.C. and Transbond. Four groups of 20 porcelain premolar teeth were bonded with metal orthodontic brackets (0.022 inch Minitwin, 3M Unitek) according to the following protocol: Transbond with a phosphoric acid etch (group 1), Tra...

BACKGROUND Bleaching treatments decrease shear bond strength between orthodontic brackets and teeth; although definite results have not been reported in this regard. OBJECTIVES This study determined the effects of different bleaching protocols on the shear bond strength of orthodontic brackets to teeth. MATERIALS AND METHODS This experimental study was performed in Iran. Forty-eight extract...

BACKGROUND In the past few years, there has been a major research drive to increase bond strength between dental materials and dental hard tissue and to reduce the associated demineralization around fixed orthodontic appliances. Thus, a recent approach is to incorporate an antibacterial agent into the primer to reduce the demineralization and enhance bond strength. The objective of this study w...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of caries infiltrant preconditioning on the shear bond strength of orthodontic resin cements on sound and demineralized enamel. MATERIALS AND METHODS  Stainless-steel brackets were bonded to sound or artificially demineralized (14 d, acidic buffer, pH 5.0) bovine enamel specimens using a resin cement or a combination of caries infiltrant preconditioning ...

Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess the shear bond strength of the teeth prepared for bonding with different power outputs of Erbium, Chromium doped: Yttrium-ScandiumGallium-Garnet (Er,Cr:YSGG) laser etching and to compare different power outputs of laser etching with 37% phosphoric acid. Materials and methods: A total of 105 premolars, extracted for orthodontic purposes were randomly ...

In an experimental study the bond strength of stainless steel, ceramic and plastic brackets to bovine enamel was investigated by tensile testing. The brackets were cemented to the enamel using a conventional two-paste orthodontic bonding resin, a light-cured, fluoride-releasing adhesive, a no-mix-orthodontic bonding resin and a light-curing glass ionomer cement. For evaluation of the experiment...