Abstract Objectives To establish the relationship of resin composition and resin hydrophilicity (indicated by solubility parameters and log P ) to water sorption (WS), solubility, and degree of double bond…
Abstract Objective The aim of the study was to assess the effect of individual metallic elements within experimental Au–Pt-based dental alloys for porcelain veneering on ion release. Methods A binary…
Abstract Objectives This study was designed to evaluate the effect of sandblasting and metal primers on the shear bond strength of three commercial resin cements to Yttria-Tetragonl Zirconia Polycrystal (Y-TZP)…
Abstract Objectives To assess the repair potential of resin-modified glass-ionomer cements (RMGICs) with additional RMGIC and resin composite. Methods Specimens of two proprietary RMGICs (Ketac N100 (Ketac Nano), 3M/ESPE, St…
Abstract Objectives The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a dynamic light scattering-based method for monitoring the polymerization reaction of a light activated dental composite. Methods Laser…
Abstract Hydrofluoric acid can be used for intra-oral repair of restorations. Contamination of tooth substrate with hydrofluoric acid cannot always be avoided. Objectives To investigate the bonding effectiveness to hydrofluoric…
Abstract Objectives To evaluate the effect of cyclic loading on the bond strength of resin composite to zirconia framework material. Methods Bar shaped zirconia/composite specimens (2 mm × 2 mm…
Abstract Objectives The purpose of this study was to compare the water sorption/solubility, percent conversion and microtensile bond strength of three single-step self-etching adhesives with those of a two-step self-etching…
Abstract Objectives To investigate the movement of resin matrix with respect to the filler particles of filled composites during their photo cure without or with polymerization contraction stress (PCS). Methods…
Abstract Objective To design a protocol for the determination of the flexural modulus of elasticity of wire with high accuracy and precision. Methods Cantilever bending was used at long span…
Abstract This review presents a critical survey of all experimental data about the low temperature degradation of zirconia (often referred to as “aging”) due to the tetragonal-to-monoclinic transformation, which have…
Abstract Objectives The objective of this study was to evaluate ternary methacrylate–thiol–ene systems, with varying thiol–ene content and thiol:ene stoichiometry, as dental restorative resin materials. It was hypothesized that an…
Abstract Objectives To test the hypotheses that shear bond strength ( σ s ) and contact angle ( ) are influenced by the thermal expansion/contraction behavior of bilayered all-ceramic systems….
Abstract Objectives The aim of this study was to establish by means of a spectrophotometer the influence of each layer of a porcelain fused to metal (PFM) ceramic system on…
Abstract Purpose To compare the bond strength values and the ranking order of three phosphate monomer containing resin cements using microtensile (μTBS) and microshear (μSBS) bond strength tests. Materials and…
Abstract Objective This study evaluated the effect of a chromium interlayer deposited by electroplating on the shear bond strength between titanium and porcelain. Methods Seventy specimens of machined commercially pure…
Abstract Objectives To better comprehend the role of CHX in the preservation of resin–dentin bonds, this study investigated the substantivity of CHX to human dentin. Material and methods Dentin disks…
Abstract Objectives The purposes of this work were to quantitate the affinity and binding capacity of chlorhexidine (CHX) digluconate to mineralized versus demineralized dentin powder and to determine how much…
Abstract Objective To quantitatively determine whether the pulp response to resin-modified glass ionomer cements placed in deep cavities differs from that generated by calcium hydroxide cement. Sources Five databases were…
Abstract Objective To evaluate the effect of different chemo-mechanical surface treatments on the morphology of three recently marketed dental zirconia ceramics. Materials and methods Ceramic discs (Ø 10 mm ×…
