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- Lasers are emerging as a new method to improve the adhesive strength of dental ceramics to cements by conditioning their surfaces.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted, analyzing studies up to April 2017, which followed PRISMA guidelines and included 52 relevant papers.
- Results showed that while lasers significantly enhanced bond strength compared to control specimens, they did not outperform air-particle abrasion, highlighting a need for standardized protocols and optimal laser parameters for better adhesion outcomes.
Article Abstract
Lasers have recently been introduced as an alternative means of conditioning dental ceramic surfaces in order to enhance their adhesive strength to cements and other materials. The present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to review and quantitatively analyze the available literature in order to determine which bond protocols and laser types are the most effective. A search was conducted in the Pubmed, Embase and Scopus databases for papers published up to April 2017. PRISMA guidelines for systematic review and meta-analysis were followed. Fifty-two papers were eligible for inclusion in the review. Twenty-five studies were synthesized quantitatively. Lasers were found to increase bond strength of ceramic surfaces to resin cements and composites when compared with control specimens (p-value < 0.01), whereas no significant differences were found in comparison with air-particle abraded surfaces. High variability can be observed in adhesion values between different analyses, pointing to a need to standardize study protocols and to determine the optimal parameters for each laser type.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749860 | PMC |
| http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0190736 | PLOS |
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