The objective of this in vitro study was to evaluate the effect of three surface treatments and two adhesive systems on the shear bond strength of old and freshly placed amalgam. The results suggested that the intact amalgam showed a significantly higher strength than repaired groups and the strongest repaired specimens were made when the amalgam surfaces were roughened with a diamond bur or mi...

AIM The aim of this study was to investigate the surface roughness of different types of flowable restorative resins and compare the effectiveness of diamond finishing burs followed by aluminum oxide discs with aluminum oxide discs alone in producing smooth surfaces. METHODS AND MATERIALS Twenty-four specimens (10 mm X 2 mm) for each flowable resin (flowable microhybrid composite, flowable li...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to evaluate the composite surface treated by different powers of Erbium-Doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Er:YAG) laser in comparison with bur preparation via scanning electron microscope. METHODS Fourteen composite resin blocks with 15× 10 × 10 mm dimensions were used in this study. The samples were divided to seven groups as follow: Group 1 (power: 1 W, E...

The aim of this study was to determine the cutting ability of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond burs coupled to an ultrasonic dental unit handpiece for minimally invasive cavity preparation. One standard cavity was prepared on the mesial and distal surfaces of 40 extracted human third molars either with cylindrical or with spherical CVD burs. The cutting ability was compared regarding typ...

BACKGROUND Erbium, chromium: Yttrium, scandium, gallium, garnet (Er, Cr: YSGG) laser has been successfully used in the ablation of dental hard and soft tissues. It has been reported that this system is also useful for preparing tooth surfaces and etching, but no consensus exist in the literature regarding the advantage of lasers over conventional tooth preparation technique. MATERIALS AND MET...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of cutting teeth with different types of burs at various speeds on surface topography of tooth surface and interfacial gap formation at resin-tooth interface. MATERIAL AND METHODS The human molars were divided into seven groups: Diamond bur in airrotor (DA) & micromotor (DM), crosscut carbide bur in airrotor (CCA) & micromotor (CCM), plain carbide bur in airr...

Objective: To investigate the effects of different crown-removal methods on osseointegration dental implants in implant-retained single crowns. Methods: Two were inserted each tibia New Zealand rabbit’s rear legs. After 28 days, resonance frequency analysis was performed to detect degree osseointegration; 24 hours later, sacrificed tibias divided into 3 groups according methods: crown removal w...

To evaluate the influence of pretreatments on microtensile bond strength (μTBS) to eroded dentin when using a universal adhesive in self-etch mode. Forty-eight human molars were randomly assigned six groups (G1–G6, n = 8) and ground down until exposure. G2–G6 with citric acid (pH 2.6) for 10 × 2 min (within 12 h) 5 consecutive days. G1 G2 served as uneroded controls not pretreated. G3 G4 pretre...