One-year water sorption and solubility of "all-in-one" adhesives.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the water sorption and solubility of different adhesives. Adper Easy Bond, Adper Single Bond Plus, Bond Force, Clearfil SE Bond (bonding resin only), and Xeno IV were the materials evaluated. Ten disks of each adhesive were made in Teflon molds and evaporation of any volatile components was allowed.

Two-year bond strengths of "all-in-one" adhesives to dentine.

Objectives: To test the long-term in vitro bonding performance of "all-in-one" self-etch adhesives to dentine.

Methods: Adper Prompt (3M ESPE), Bond Force (Tokuyama), Brush & Bond (Parkell), iBond Self Etch (Heraeus Kulzer), OptiBond All-In-One (Kerr), and Xeno IV (Dentsply Caulk) were tested. The two-step self-etch adhesive Clearfil SE Bond (Kuraray) served as the control.

Surface fluorination of zirconia: adhesive bond strength comparison to commercial primers.

Objective: This study evaluated contact angle and shear bond strength of three commercial zirconia primers and compared them to a recently developed fluorination pre-treatment. Earlier investigations reported that plasma fluorinated zirconia modifies the chemical bonding structure creating a more reactive surface.

Materials And Methods: Yttria-stabilized zirconia (LAVA, 3M ESPE) plates were highly polished using 3μm diamond paste (R(a) ∼200nm) prior to pretreatments.

Enamel and dentin bond strengths of a new self-etch adhesive system.

Unlabelled: statement of problem:  Self-etch adhesives typically are mildly acidic and therefore less effective than etch-and-rinse adhesives for bonding to enamel.

Purpose:   The purpose of this study was to evaluate the enamel and dentin shear bond strengths of a new two-step self-etch adhesive system, OptiBond XTR (Kerr Corporation, Orange, CA, USA).

Materials And Methods:   The labial surfaces of 80 bovine teeth were ground to create flat, 600-grit enamel or dentin surfaces.