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Do self-etch adhesives yield optimum bond strengths?

When Kerr launched its OptiBond XTR self-etch adhesive last December, the company touted it as "the best of each generation in one universal system." A new study in the Journal of Esthetic and ...
Nature

Limited evidence suggests no difference in orthodontic attachment failure rates with the acid-etch technique and self-etch primers

The Cochrane Oral Health Group's Trials Register, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Medline, Embase, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, the WHO International Clinical ...
DrBicuspid

Dental Advisor: Bonding Agents - 2008

Dental bonding agents continue to evolve. Both total-etch (4 th - and 5 th-generation) and self-etch (6 th - and 7 th-generation) bonding systems are in use. New bonding systems include self-etching ...
Nature

No difference in the failure rates of orthodontic brackets bonded with self-etching primer

This was a randomised controlled clinical trial (RCT) in a UK district general hospital. The primary outcome was first-time bracket failure recorded by date and tooth number. Secondary outcomes were ...