Which bonding system for the placing of zircona ceramic resin-bonded fixed...
The efficacy of modern adhesive dental materials relies to a great extent on the quality of the bonding systems. Questions have been raised about the efficacy of bonding agents when used with zircona....
View ArticleCritical summaries from the American Dental Association-Center for...
A number of new critical summaries have been made available on the ADE-EBD website of the past few weeks. The first is an appraisal of a 2010 review by Martínez-Maestre et al. that looked at the...
View ArticleOrthodontic bonding: no need for primer?
This well conducted trial found that there was no statistical difference if orthodontic brackets were bonded with or without the use of a primer after 12 months observation. The post Orthodontic...
View ArticleDirect anterior restorations have good survival rates
This review of direct anterior restorative materials included 21 studies and covered a wide range of materials and adhesive systems. Overall the failure rates were low for both class III and class IV...
View ArticleDental bond strength improves with enamel etching
This review of 10 in-vitro studies suggests that bond strength is improved by the use of multi-mode adhesives with prior acid etching only for enamel. This improvement was not seen with mild universal...
View ArticleOrthodontic bonding: trial suggests primer not needed
This trial of the effects of primer on the bracket failure rate in orthodontic patients involved 49 patients, using a cross-mouth design; and found fewer bonding failures in the non-primer group 5.5%,...
View ArticleAdhesively bonded amalgams – insufficient evidence of better performance
This Cochrane review update only identified 1 RCT assessing the difference in survival between bonded and non-bonded amalgam restorations providing insufficient evidence to support or refute a...
View ArticleOrthodontic bracket systems: Is adhesive precoating better than operator coated?
This review assessing whether adhesive precoated orthodontic brackets are more efficient than operator-coated brackets included 5 RCTs find no differences in failure rate between the two systems. The...
View ArticleOrthodontic bonding: Direct or indirect?
This review of direct and indirect bonding techniques for orthodontic backet placement included 8 small RCTs of limited quality suggesting no significant difference in bracket placement accuracy, oral...
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