objectives: this study aimed to determine the effect of surface treatments such as tooth reduction and extending the etching time on microtensile bond strength (µtbs) of composite resin to normal and fluorotic enamel after microabrasion. materials and methods: fifty non-carious anterior teeth were classified into two groups of normal and fluorotic (n=25) using thylstrup and fejerskov index (tfi...

AIM This review article will help clinicians improve their understanding of the history of bleaching procedures, bleaching types, components, mechanisms, and their effects on soft tissue, tooth structures, resin composite, and bonding. METHODS The controversial issues about bleaching procedures and their effects are reviewed. Additionally, the consequences of pre- and post-bleaching on the bo...

This in vitro study investigated strain produced in the placement and polymerization of Class II posterior composite resin restorations in primary teeth. Mesio-occlusodistal preparations were placed in primary teeth, followed by posterior composite resin restoration placement, using 3 different application techniques (technique I--placement and polymerization in 1 complete unit; technique II--p...

OBJECTIVE This study addresses the question of whether conservative methods of restoration may be applied efficaciously in permanent posterior teeth with proximal lesions and intact occlusal preventive resin restoration (PRR). The purpose of the present study was to assess the microleakage at amalgam-composite interface and composite-composite interface in permanent tooth with PRR. MATERIALS ...

Esthetic or cosmetic dentistry is one of the main areas of dental practice. Increasing demand of patients for esthetics has resulted in the development of several techniques for restoring the anterior teeth. Composite resin restorations have become an integral part of contemporary restorative dentistry and can be called "star of minimal invasion" due to its conservative concepts. The direct com...

this report describes a case of a 7 years old girl who suffered from complicated crown fracture of right mandibular central incisor because of a bicycle accident . for the tooth partial pulpotomy with calcium hydroxide, capping was performed in order to achieve apexogenesis and the tooth was restored with a double-seal of glass ionomer cement and composite resin. the patient was reviewed over 8...

Past studies in humans have demonstrated horizontal and vertical bone loss after six months following tooth extraction. Many biomaterials have been developed to preserve bone volume after tooth extraction. Type I collagen serves as an excellent delivery system for growth factors and promotes angiogenesis. Calcium phosphate ceramics have also been investigated because their mineral chemistry res...

It is unclear whether Indo-European languages in Europe spread from the Pontic steppes in the late Neolithic, or from Anatolia in the Early Neolithic. Under the former hypothesis, people of the Globular Amphorae culture (GAC) would be descended from Eastern ancestors, likely representing the Yamnaya culture. However, nuclear (six individuals typed for 597 573 SNPs) and mitochondrial (11 complet...

objectives: a reduction in bond strength of composite to bleached enamel has been reported immediately after bleaching treatment. application of some antioxidant agents may decrease the adverse effects of whitening agents on bond strength and enhance composite bond to enamel. this study aimed to assess the effect of green tea, sodium ascorbate, sage and grape seed extract on bond strength of co...