Publications by authors named "Mohamed Tarek ElSherifa"
Objective: To evaluate enamel roughness and color after debonding flash-free adhesive precoated brackets and brackets coated with conventional orthodontic adhesives using nonbonded enamel as control.
Materials And Methods: A total of 80 extracted human premolars were divided into the following four groups: group I: APC Flash-Free adhesive precoated brackets; group II: APC PLUS adhesive precoated brackets; group III: noncoated brackets, which were coated manually at the time of bonding (all three brackets were Clarity Advanced ceramic brackets [3M Unitek, Monrovia, CA, USA]); group IV: nonbonded enamel (control). Bonded premolars were subjected to demineralization, and then brackets were debonded.