Viability of Bovine Teeth as a Substrate in Bond Strength Tests: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Purpose: To assess whether bovine teeth can be used as viable alternatives for human teeth in tensile and shear bond strength testing.

Materials And Methods: Articles were selected from Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, LILACS-Bireme, and BBO electronic databases using keywords obtained from Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). Of 1540 potentially eligible studies, 157 were selected for full text analysis.