title: Standardizing laboratory adhesion tests.
abstract: Laboratory adhesion tests are performed as screening tests prior to the clinical evaluation of dentin bonding restorative systems. These tests include the determination of the bond strength to dentin and the evaluation of microleakage and marginal gap dimensions at the tooth-restoration interface. No standardized adhesion tests are available as the methodologies vary tremendously from one laboratory to another. The variable factors are reviewed in this manuscript and laboratory studies to standardize these procedures are proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomaterials, University of Alabama School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Retief
mesh_terms: D000268:Adhesiveness; D000571:American Dental Association; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D001840:Dental Bonding / Q000592:standards*; D003738:Dental Cements / Q000592:standards*; D003763:Dental Leakage; D003804:Dentin; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000592:standards*; D013718:Tensile Strength; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D003738:Dental Cements