OBJECTIVE This clinical study compared the retention rates of a nanofilled occlusal fissure sealant placed with the use of an etch-and-rinse or a self-etch adhesive over 24 months. METHODS Two-hundred and forty-four sealants were placed on the permanent premolars and molars of 16 subjects who had no restorations or sealants present on the fissures and no detectable caries. The sealants were p...

The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of a self-etching primer and a non-rinse conditioner with the effect of a conventional adhesive system on the penetration depth in dentin of human teeth, using scanning electronic microscopy (SEM). Fifteen human third molar teeth were sectioned into 2 pieces. All pieces were flattened with grade 600 to 1200 silicon carbide paper and divided in...

AIM The study aimed to analyze the morphology of the dentin-resin interface yielded by two-step etch-and-rinse adhesive systems with different solvents and compositions. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 32 dentine disks were prepared and randomly assigned to four groups of one-bottle etch-and-rinse adhesive systems containing different solvents: group I, Adper Scotchbond-IXT™ (ethanol/water);...

OBJECTIVES to assess the conditioning effect (CE) of self-etch adhesives of different acidity applied to thick and thin smear layer (SL), the corresponding resin tags (RT) and hybrid layer (HL). METHODS Twenty-seven molars had their occlusal dentin exposed and were sectioned into two halves. Each of them was ground with a 60 or 600-grit SiC paper, respectively for thick and thin SL production...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the pulp medication ferric sulphate (FS) may remain on primary dentin, affecting its microchemical structure and the bond strength of adhesives to primary dentin. MATERIALS AND METHODS The effects of FS and pre-bonding conditioning (37% phosphoric acid [PA] for 15 s or a self-etching primer, with or without the use of 2% chlorh...

AIM Based on the hypothesis the application of a low-viscosity hydrophobic resin coating improves the bond of all-in-one adhesive, the purpose of the study was to evaluate the bond strength of four adhesive systems to bovine root dentin using the push-out test method. METHODS AND MATERIALS The root canals of 32 bovine roots (16 mm) were prepared to a length of 12 mm using a FRC Postec Plus pr...

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of adhesive application method on durability enamel bond and thickness layer. A new-generation two-step universal system, G2-Bond Universal, two conventional systems were utilized. The shear strength bovine was measured after thermal cycling in both etch-and-rinse self-etch modes. Fifteen specimens divided into three groups as follows: Group I, wherein a ...

This study examined the immediate bond strength of etch-and-rinse adhesives to demineralized dentin saturated with either water or absolute ethanol. The research hypothesis was that there would be no difference in bond strength to dentin between water or ethanol wet-bonding techniques. The medium dentin of 20 third molars was exposed (n = 5). The dentin surface was then acid-etched, left moist ...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Monomer viscosity and solvent evaporation can be affected by the adhesive system temperature. Higher temperature can elevate the vapor pressure in solution and penetration of adhesive in smear layer. Bonding mechanism may be influenced by the adhesive temperature. PURPOSE This study aimed to evaluate the effect of pre-heating on shear bond strength of etch-and-rinse a...

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to test different sealer removal protocols following root canal filling before adhesive seal of access cavities. Material and methods: Forty single root teeth were selected for the study, prepared to size 60 taper .02, and filled with AH plus and a single gutta-percha cone size 55 taper .02. Excess sealer was removed with: ethanol-moisturised foam pel...