Bonding Agents Flashcards
What is the mechanism of Adhesion (resin-based)?
Replacement of minerals from hard tissue by resin monomers micromechanically interolocked
Why is enamel more predictable to bond to?
- More homogenous structure
- High inorganic content
- Higher surface energy
Why is dentin less predictable to bond to?
- high variability
- higher organic content
What is the composition of enamel?
- 86% Inorganic
- 12% Water
- 2% Organic
What does etching do?
- Creates microspores
- 5-50 microns deep
- Increases surface energy
- Increases wettability
What is the composition of Dentin?
- 50% Inorganic
- 25% Organic
- 25% Water
What is sclerotic dentin?
- Normal Aging
- Abrasion
- Erosion
- Hypermineralization
- Less receptive to bonding
What is reparative dentin?
- Results from caries/dental procedures
- Hypermineralization
- Less receptive to bonding
What percent does the dentin smear layer reduce dentin permeability?
86%
- Produced by instrumentation
- Composition: cut dentin debris, bacteria
How thick is the dentinal smear layer?
- 0.5 - 5.0 microns
- Will not wash off
- Weak bond to tooth
- Very soluable
What does a 4th generation bond system look like?
- Conditioner (etchant)
- Primer (hydrophilic)
- Adhesive (hydrophobic)
- Etch and Rinse
Example - Optibond FL, Scotchbond multi-purpose
What does a 5th generation bond system look like?
- Attempt to simplify…
- Reduce number of bottles
- Etch and Rinse…
- Conditioner (etch)
- Combined primer and adhesive
- More susceptible to hydrolysis over time…
Example: Optibond solo
What does a 6th generation bond system look like?
- No phosphoric acid!
- Combined conditioner and primer
- Clearfil SE!
- Separate adhesive
What does a 7th generation bonding agent look like?
- “All in one”
- Combined conditioner, primer and adhesive
- One step
- No mixing
What does conditioner (etch) do to the tooth?
- Chemical alteration of the surface
- ie: phosphoric, citric, maleic, nitric
- Removes dentinal smear layer
- Exposes collagen fibrils
- Simultaneous enamel etch
- Rinse
- Keep moist