Small living organisms such as lizards possess naturally built functional surface textures that enable them to walk or climb on versatile topographies. Bio-mimicking the characteristics of these geckos has enormous potential improve accessibility modern robotics. Therefore, gecko-inspired adhesives have significant industrial applications, including robotic endoscopy, bio-medical cleaning, medi...

Over the past century, synthetic adhesives have largely displaced their natural counterparts in medical applications. However, rising concerns over the environmental and toxicological effects of the solvents, monomers, and additives used in synthetic adhesives have recently led the scientific community to seek natural substitutes. Marine mussel adhesive protein is a formaldehyde-free natural ad...

OBJECTIVE To review office interventions for minor wounds not requiring sutures, such as abrasions, bites, and lacerations. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE Most information on minor wound management comes from descriptive studies. Few comparative studies examine the effectiveness of topical antisepsis for minor wounds. Several clinical trials have demonstrated that tissue adhesives produce short- and lon...

INTRODUCTION Despite its origins in the mid-1950s with a bone adhesive called Ostamer [1], the development of bone adhesives is still in its early stages and is not a mature field. There lacks a consensus on aspects of adhesive performance and bond strength measurement. As a result, there are not standard tests for quantifying and evaluating the adhesive strength at the interface between the bo...

This review discusses current trends in the development of dentin adhesives and the possibility that some classes of currently available adhesives are too hydrophilic. Manufacturers have reformulated dentin adhesives to make them more compatible for bonding to intrinsically moist, acid-etched dentin by adding 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and other hydrophilic resin monomers. These 3-step adhesiv...