Carbonation-induced corrosion is usually considered in uniform or generalized corrosion. This true for small laboratory samples but not necessary the case real reinforced concrete structures built with multilayers reinforcement. Multi-layers reinforcement could lead to a galvanic between first de-passivated layer closed surface and deeper layers still passivated. The present paper compares dens...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Compressive strength (CS) and sorption/solubility of the luting cements are two associated factors. Searching a correlation between sorption/solubility and compressive strength of various luting cements is required. OBJECTIVES To measure the water sorption/solubility, and compressive strength of three resin-based and one conventional glass ionomer (CGI) luting cement afte...

Objective: The aim was to evaluate the influence of fluoride-releasing restorative materials in enamel and dentinmicrohardness. Material Methods: 40 blocks (5x5x3 mm) from cervical third human molars received a cavitypreparation between dentin, restorations were subjected vitro caries model. Specimenswere randomly restored with (n=10): conventional glass ionomer cement (Ketac Cem, 3M ESPE); pol...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present clinical longitudinal study was to observe, over 10 years, the prognosis of abutment teeth restored with fixed prostheses retained by glass ionomer luting cements and one conventional zinc phosphate cement. METHODS Three dentists prepared 135 abutment teeth in 61 patients to retain 81 fixed prostheses. The prostheses were retained by two glass ionomer luting c...

This study compared shear bond strength (SBS) of six self-adhesive resin cements (SARC) and one resin-modified glass ionomer cement (RMGIC) to zirconia before and after thermocycling. The cylinder shape (Φ 2.35 mm × 3 mm) of six SARCs (G-CEM LinkAce (GLA), Maxcem Elite (MAX), Clearfil SA Luting (CSL), PermaCem 2.0 (PM2), Rely-X U200 (RXU), Smartcem 2 (SC2)) were bonded to the top surface of the...

Background and aims. Nano-ionomer (NI) interacts with tooth structures superficially, and there is a concern about the enamel bonding ability of mild self-etch Ketac primer. This study compared the effect of different adhesive procedures (self-etching and etch-and-rinse approach) on long-term marginal microleakage of nano-filled resin-modified glass-ionomer (NI) cervical restorations. Materials...

It is a worthy aim to preserve the pulp vitality in teeth with immature root in order to continue the root's maturation. Traumatic injuries and caries are two main reasons for pulp exposure in immature teeth. This article describes two vital pulp therapies on two patients, a nine-year-old boy with traumatized central tooth and a 10-year-old boy with caries exposure in a premolar tooth. Both tee...

The article shows the relation between sustainability and cement manufacture that can be obtained by replacement of clinker with limestone additive. This decreases use energy resources reduces CO2 emissions in production. issue partial Portland substitution finely ground production market-oriented types type CEM II is solved on plant PJSC "Ivano-Frankivsk Cement". indexes physical-mechanical te...

UNLABELLED Indirect restorations in contact with free gingival margins or principally within the gingival sulcus, where the presence of organic acids produced by oral biofilm is higher, may present faster degradation of the resin-based cement pellicle. OBJECTIVES To investigate the degradation of four resin-based cements: Rely X ARC (R), Variolink II (V), Enforce (E) and All Cem (A), after im...

BACKGROUND Considering the probability of chemical and enzymatic reactions between matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in the dentin structure and their specific inhibitors, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of different concentrations of specific inhibitor of MMPs (galardin) on the shear bond strength of self-adhesive resin cements to dentin. MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty-eig...