Dentine Bonding Systems: 1. Mode of Action

From Volume 27, Issue 2, March 2000 | Pages 85-93

Authors

F.J.T. Burke

DDS, MSc, MDS, MGDS, FDS RCS(Edin.), FDS RCS, FADM

Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, Glasgow

Articles by F.J.T. Burke

E.C. Combe

DSc, CChem, FRSC, FADM

University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Articles by E.C. Combe

W.H. Douglas

PhD, MSc, BDS, FADM

University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Articles by W.H. Douglas

Abstract

The achievement of a reliable bond to dentine has been more difficult than bonding to enamel, due principally to the anatomy of the dentine substrate. The mechanisms of bonding are now much better understood than a decade ago and clinically-viable bond strengths to dentine are now achieved with many dentine bonding systems.

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