Silver Nanoparticles in Dental Applications: A Descriptive Review.

Silver nanoparticles have been a recent focus of many researchers in dentistry, and their potential uses and benefits have drawn attention in dentistry and medicine. The fabrication and utilization of nanoscale substances and structures are at the core of the rapidly developing areas of nanotechnology. They are often used in the dental industry because they prevent bacteria from making nanoparticles, oxides, and biofilms.

Covid-19 Knowledge and Perceptions Among Dental Specialists: A Cross-Sectional Online Questionnaire Survey.

Background: The recent outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) caused a significant impact on dentistry. It is imperative to have sufficient knowledge of COVID-19 to manage patients in the dental operatory.

Aim: To assess the knowledge and perceptions of dentists from different specialities about COVID-19 disease.

Effect of collagen cross-linkers on the shear bond strength of a self-etch adhesive system to deep dentin.

Objectives: To evaluate the shear bond strength of composite resin to deep dentin, bonded using a self-etch adhesive, after treatment with two collagen cross-linkers at varying time intervals.

Materials And Methods: Thirty extracted human incisors were sectioned longitudinally into equal mesial and distal halves (n = 60). The proximal deep dentin was exposed and the specimens were divided based on the surface treatment of dentin prior to bonding as follows: Group I (n = 12, control): No prior dentin surface treatment; group II (n = 24): Dentin surface pretreated with 10% sodium ascorbate; and group III (n = 24): Dentin surface pretreated with 6.

Application of a proanthocyanidin agent to improve the bond strength of root dentin treated with sodium hypochlorite.

Aim: The objective of this study was to analyze the application of PA agent that improves the bond strength of root dentin treated with NaOCl.

Materials And Methods: Group 1: root canals were irrigated using 0.9% isotonic saline as an irrigant (negative control); Group 2: root canals were irrigated using 5.

Degree of conversion of two dentin bonding agents with and without a desensitizing agent using fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: An in vitro study.

Objective: This in vitro study investigated the effect of a desensitizer on the degree of conversion of two bonding resins using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy.

Materials And Methods: An etch-and-rise bonding resin and a self-etching adhesive resin were selected for the study. Vivasens (Ivoclar Vivadent) was used as a desensitizing agent.