The purpose of this study was to compare the dentin bond strength of three self-adhesive cements with smear layer pretreatments using a calcium-chelating agent (EDTA) and deproteinizing solution (NaOCl) and to evaluate their interfacial characteristics. Smear layer-covered dentin surfaces were pretreated with EDTA for 60 s, NaOCl for 5 and 15 s, or none. Three self-adhesive cements; Clearfil SA...

The efficacy of marketed and experimental self etching dentin primers which contained dicarboxylic acids or their esterified salts diluted in 35% hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) solution were studied by measuring the wall-to-wall polymerization contraction of the light curing composite in the cylindrical dentin cavity and the tensile bond strength to the flat dentin surface. In both of the meas...

The dentin structure of non-erupted human deciduous mandibular and maxillary central and lateral incisor teeth was studied employing light and scanning electron microscopy. For light microscopy, nitric-acid-demineralized and ground sections were used. The sections were stained by hematoxylin-eosin, picrosirius and azo-carmine methods, and ground specimens were prepared using a carborundum disk ...

1 Editorial: Dentin Leo Tjäderhane 3 Dentin basic structure and composition—an overview Leo Tjäderhane, Marcela R. Carrilho, Lorenzo Breschi, Franklin R. Tay & David H. Pashley 30 Microstructure and mechanical behavior of radicular and coronal dentin Dwayne Arola, Juliana Ivancik, Hessam Majd, Ashraf Fouad, Devendra Bajaj, Xiu-Yin Zhang & Naomi Eidelman 52 The dentin–pulp border: a dynamic inte...

Bone and dentin are mineralized extracellular matrices produced by osteoblasts and odontoblasts, respectively, and their major organic portion is type I collagen. Dentinogenesis Imperfecta (DGI) is one of the most common clinically- and genetically-based disturbances of dentin formation, causing irreversible dentin defects. Among several types of DGI, patients with DGI type II exhibit opalescen...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM For restorations with excellent esthetics, an understanding of the optical properties of human dentin is needed. Little information is available on the translucency and color parameters of dentin and its relationship to tooth type and position. PURPOSE The purpose of this in vitro study was to investigate the translucency and CIELab color coordinates of human dentin in bo...

OBJECTIVE This study analyzed the adhesive-dentin interface when Nd:YAG and Er:YAG lasers were applied to dentin. BACKGROUND DATA Lasers applied to dentin cause morphological changes of this tissue. Because adhesive systems bond to dentin through the hybrid layer, it is important to investigate the adhesive-dentin interface when dentin is irradiated with lasers. METHODS The occlusal dentin ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the micro-tensile bonding strength (muTBS) of three luting resins to human regional dentin. METHODS Dentin disks from non-carious third molars were prepared from different regions (s, superficial dentin; d, deep dentin; c, cervical dentin), and divided into groups based on anatomical locations and luting resins (Super-Bond C&B: SB; Panavia F 2.0: PF; RelyX Unicem: RU): ...

Although only one small PG has been identified in dentin until now, a preliminary investigation has shown indications of the presence of several new proteoglycans (PGs) in rat incisor dentin. The aim of the present investigation was to isolate and characterize these PGs, which were labeled with 35S to facilitate the analysis. C18 chromatography resolved five dentin PGs. Based on SDS-polyacrylam...

UNLABELLED Fluorosis is one of the factors which bring about mineralisation changes in a dentinal structure leading to dentin. The purpose of the present study was to compare and evaluate the dentinal tubular changes in fluorosed and nonfluorosed teeth subsequent to the application of citric acid,strontium acetate based sodium fluoride (SAF) using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Dentin spec...