With the development of new dental restorative materials, advances in adhesive dentistry, better understanding of the caries process, the tooth’s potential for remineralization and changes in caries prevalence and progression; the management of dental caries has evolved from G.V. Black’s “extension for prevention” to “minimally invasive.” This concept includes early detection of lesions; indivi...

Ultrasonic cleaning of the RBFDP in ethanol for 10 min. The remnants of loose particles after air abrasion may impair wettability of the silane or the primer and the subsequently applied adhesive resin. Ultrasonic cleaning eliminates such remnants best.3 a Professor, University of Zürich, Dental Materials Unit, Center for Dental and Oral Medicine, Clinic for Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics a...

Dear Reader, You may have noticed a slight difference in the appearance of the cover of this issue of the Journal of Adhesive Dentistry. A new line has been added: “Official Journal of the International Academy for Adhesive Dentistry (IAAD)”. Let me explain what this means. It started with a dream, as expressed by M. Blatz in the last issue’s editorial (J Adhes Dent 15: 103–104, 2013). Since th...

The aim of this study was to develop an effective primer to improve the adhesive property between all kinds of dental metal alloy and resin cement. To this end, we synthesized N,N'-dimethacryloylcystine (NDMCC) which had both disulfide functional group (to improve adhesion between precious metal alloy and resin) and carboxyl group (to improve adhesion between non-precious metal alloy and resin)...

Objective(s):Serratia marcescens is one of the nosocomial pathogen. The ability to form biofilm is an important feature in the pathogenesis of S. marcescens. The aim of this study was to determine the anti-adhesive properties of a biosurfactant isolated from Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC 4356, on S. marcescens strains. Materials and Methods: Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC 4356, was selected a...

Early history of dentin bonding Attempts to develop an adhesive system which bonds acrylic resins to the tooth structure started in the early 1950s. In 1949, an adhesive system capable of bonding acrylic resin to the tooth structure was invented by Hagger; it was composed of glycerophosphoric acid dimethacrylate (GPDM) and sulfinic acid as the catalyst. In his patent, shear bond strengths of ac...

objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the microtensile bond strength to sound and caries-affected dentin using single bond and adper prompt-l-pop adhesives. materials and methods: sixteen extracted human molars with carious lesions extended halfway through dentin were ground to expose the caries affected and the surrounding normal dentin. the samples were divided into two groups of e...

background: the clinical success of sandwich technique depends on the strength of resin-modified glass ionomer cement (rmgic) bonding to both dentin and resin composite. therefore, the shear bond strength (sbs) of resin composite bonded to rmgic utilizing different resin adhesives versus a gic-based adhesive was compared. materials and methods: in this in vitro study, 84 holes (5×2 mm) were pre...

1. Discusses the properties of enamel and dentin and their role in adhesive dental restoration;2. Chapters also examine the wear properties of dental ceramics, glasses and bioactive glass ceramics for tooth repair and replacement;3. Dental composites and antibacterial restorative materials are also considered;4. Provides a concise overview of non-metallic biomaterials for dental clinicians, mat...