objectives: this study aimed to compare the microleakage beneath metallic brackets following two different methods of enamel preparation and light curing. materials and methods: a total of 120 bovine deciduous lower incisors were randomly divided into four groups of 30 teeth. the preparations were as follows: group i: acid etching + transbond xt primer + direct illumination, group ii: acid etch...

The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the effects of different tooth types on the shear bond strength (SBS) of two orthodontic resin adhesive systems in vitro. Two hundred extracted sound human teeth were used in the study. Ten teeth of each tooth type were the mounted in acrylic resin leaving the buccal surface of the crowns parallel to the base of the moulds. In each experimental grou...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of thermocycling on microleakage beneath brackets bonded with an orthodontic composite and different flowable materials. Brackets were bonded to 200 bovine incisors divided into five groups: (1) Transbond XT, (2) X-Flow, (3) Dyract-Flow, (4) Admira-Flow, and (5) Beautiful-Flow. Half the teeth in each group were thermocycled. The specimens we...

the purpose of this study was to evaluate the shear bond strength (sbs) of orthodontic brackets bonded with two types of nano-composites in comparison to a conventional orthodontic composite.sixty extracted human first premolars were randomly divided into 3 groups each containing 20 teeth. in group i, a conventional orthodontic composite (transbond xt) was used to bond the brackets, while two n...

OBJECTIVE To test the null hypothesis that when the equivalent total light energy is irradiated to three orthodontic adhesive resins, there is no difference between the microhardness and water sorption values regardless of the curing light sources. MATERIALS AND METHODS Samples were divided into six groups according to the combination of three orthodontic adhesives (Kurasper F, Light-Bond, Tr...

The effect of fluoride-containing orthodontic resin bonding systems on acid resistance of adjacent enamel was evaluated using transversal microradiography. Four fluoride-containing orthodontic resin bonding systems: BeautyOrtho Bond (BO), BeautyOrtho Bond+Salivatect (BOS), Kurasper F (KP), Transbond XT (TB) and a resin-modified glass-ionomer (Fuji Ortho LC (FO)) were used. Superbond Orthomite (...

This study investigated fluoride release, acid resistance and shear bond strength (SBS) of new 4-META/MMA-TBB-based fluoride-containing resin adhesive (Super-Bond/F3). Super-Bond, Transbond Plus and Fuji Ortho LC were selected for comparison. Fluoride release into distilled water during 6-month period was measured using disk-shaped specimens. Brackets were bonded to human premolars with each ma...

BACKGROUND To determine the shear bond strength and adhesive remnant index of a new premixed self-etching primer and adhesive (Tectosan, BonaDent, Germany) for orthodontic appliances in comparison to a reference total-etch system Transbond XT. METHODS Bovine incisors were embedded in resin and randomly divided into two groups of 16 samples each. Brackets (Discovery, Dentaurum, Germany) were b...

The objectives of this study were to compare the polymerization shrinkage of three orthodontic adhesives. In addition we wanted to determine the effectiveness of the high-intensity quartz tungsten halogen (HQTH) in curing orthodontic adhesives on polymerization shrinkage with that of the quartz tungsten halogen (QTH). A total of 120 glass ring molds were prepared using a low-speed saw. The inte...