21 December 2022: Clinical Research
Comparison of Bond Strength of Orthodontic Brackets Onto the Tooth Enamel of 120 Freshly Extracted Adult Bovine Medial Lower Incisors Using 4 Adhesives: A Resin-Modified Glass Ionomer Adhesive, a Composite Adhesive, a Liquid Composite Adhesive, and a One-Step Light-Cured Adhesive
Agata Prylińska-Czyżewska 1ABCDE , Zofia Maciejewska-Szaniec 1BEF , Aneta Olszewska 1DF , Marta Polichnowska 2D , Beniamin Oskar Grabarek 3F , Damian Dudek 4F , Dawid Sobański 3F , Agata Czajka-Jakubowska 1DE*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.938867
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e938867
Table 1 Characteristics of the orthodontic adhesive materials used in the current study.
| Name of the adhesive material | Composition | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Fuji Ortho LC (GC Orthodontics Europe GmbH, Breckerfeld, Germany) | Liquid: polyacrylic acid, HEMA, TEGMAPowder: aluminosilicate glass | Light-cured resin-modified glass ionomer adhesive |
| Transbond Plus Light Cure Band (3M ESPE, Wrocław, Poland) | Silanized quartz, silane hydrolysed glass, polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate, citric acid dimethacrylate oligomer, Bis-GMA | Light-cured composite adhesive, Transbond XT primer paste (Kol-Dental Sp. z o.o. Sp. k., Warsaw, Poland) |
| Transbond Supreme Low Viscosity (3M ESPE, Wrocław, Poland) | Silica and zirconium oxide, nanofillers, glass, Bis-GMA, TEGMA, UDMA | Light-cured composite adhesive, Transbond XT primer flow |
| Fuji Ortho Connect (GC Orthodontics Europe GmbH, Breckerfeld, Germany) | Unknown, the manufacturer’s trade secret | All-in-one light-cured self-etching adhesive |
| Bis-GMA – bisphenol A-glycidyl methacrylate; TEGMA – triethylene glycol dimethacrylate; UDMA – urethane dimethacrylate; HEMA – Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate. | ||