Clinical Effectiveness of Adhesives and Its Predictability From Laboratory Testing
The complex oral environment continuously challenges adhesive bonding. Even though contemporary adhesives have proven to adequately bond to enamel and dentin, their long-term bonding efficacy may be compromised. Ideally, tests to determine the bonding effectiveness of dental adhesives should always encompass a randomized clinical trial. In spite of their time-consuming and expensive character, clinical trials remain the most effective and powerful method to test dental adhesives. In this lecture, we will focus on clinical class V trials in literature and on the clinical effectiveness of the latest generation of dental adhesives, the one-step self-etch adhesives. Additionally, the predictability of the clinical effectiveness from laboratory testing will be discussed.
Division: Continental European and Scandinavian Divisions Meeting
Meeting:2011 Continental European and Scandinavian Divisions Meeting (Budapest, Hungary) Location: Budapest, Hungary
Year: 2011 Final Presentation ID:162 Abstract Category|Abstract Category(s):Invited Lectures
Authors
Van Landuyt, Kirsten L.
( Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, N/A, Belgium
)
De Munck, Jan
( Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, N/A, Belgium
)
Mine, Atsushi
( Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, N/A, Belgium
)
Poitevin, Andre
( Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, N/A, Belgium
)
Van Ende, Annelies
( Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, N/A, Belgium
)
Peumans, Marlene
( Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, N/A, Belgium
)
Van Meerbeek, Bart
( Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, N/A, Belgium
)
SESSION INFORMATION
Oral Session
Adhesive Materials: Perceptions and Realities - Sponsored by GC Europe
09/01/2011