The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility of a conditioner for treating enamel and dentin simultaneously for MMA-TBB resin bonding. Various phosphoric acid solutions containing copper salts were prepared and used as conditioners before bonding MMA-TBB resin to bovine teeth. Their effects on the surface morphology and bonding were studied by scanning electron microscopy and tensil...

In this study, an artificial neural network (ANN) model was developed for predicting an optimum bonding strength of heat treated woods. The MATLAB Neural Network Toolbox was used for the training and optimization of the ANN model. The ANN model having the best prediction performance was detected by trying various networks. Then, the ANN results were compared with the results of multiple linear ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare the shear bond strength and adhesive remnant index (ARI) at the enamel-bonding interface of precoated and conventionally bonded brackets, utilizing standardized procedures. METHODS The test sample consisted of 90 recently extracted bovine permanent mandibular incisors. The teeth were bonded using the same protocol and were tested in three di...

In this study, an iron oxide magnetic microparticles and poly(dimethylsiloxane) (MMPs-PDMS) composite material was employed to demonstrate a simple high-strength reversible magnetic bonding method. This paper presents the casting of opaque-view (where optical inspection through the microchannels was impossible) and clear-view (where optical inspection through the microchannel was possible) MMPs...

To evaluate the effect of a dentin adhesive on sclerotic dentin, contraction gap width and shear bond strength were measured. Dentin cavity wall was pretreated with an experimental dentin bonding system with and without a dentin primer, or with a commercial dentin bonding system. In the experimental dentin bonding groups, contraction gap width of sclerotic dentin was significantly smaller than ...

Subperiosteal bone-bonding devices have been proposed for less invasive treatments in orthodontics. The device is osseointegrated onto a bone surface without fixation screws and is expected to rapidly attain a bone-bonding strength that successfully meets clinical performance. Hence, the device's optimum shape for rapid and strong bone bonding was examined in this study by finite element analys...

The application of bleaching agents before placement of resin-bonded fixed appliances significantly, but temporarily, reduces bond strength to tooth structure. Antioxidants have been studied as a means to remove residual oxygen that compromises bonding to bleached enamel. This in vitro study evaluated whether green tea (GT) could restore the shear bond strength between bonded orthodontic bracke...