1. Relationship between bond-strength tests and clinical outcomes.
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Van Meerbeek B, Peumans M, Poitevin A, Mine A, Van Ende A, Neves A, and De Munck J
- Subjects
- Acid Etching, Dental methods, Belgium, Composite Resins, Dental Enamel, Dental Leakage, Dental Marginal Adaptation, Dental Restoration Failure, Dentin, Dentin Permeability, Humans, Materials Testing, Shear Strength, Surface Properties, Sweden, Tensile Strength, Clinical Trials as Topic, Dental Bonding, Dental Stress Analysis, Dentin-Bonding Agents, Resin Cements
- Abstract
One often alleges that laboratory bond-strength testing cannot predict clinical effectiveness of adhesives. Major argument to sustain this claim is the wide variation in bond-strength values recorded for one specific adhesive among different research institutes worldwide. The main reason for these inconsistent bond-strength measurements is supposedly the current lack of a standard bond-strength testing protocol. This paper (and presentation) aimed to report on an extensive literature review with regard to the different laboratory bond-strength test methods and their data provided, along with a second extensive literature review on clinical effectiveness data of adhesives in terms of retention rates of adhesive Class-V restorations. Combining both systematic reviews, we have subsequently searched for a potential relationship between bond-strength data and clinical outcomes., (Copyright 2009 Academy of Dental Materials. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2010
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