title: Alternative alloys for resin-bonded retainers.
abstract: Traditionally, resin-bonded fixed partial dentures have been made with nickel-chrome-beryllium alloys and cemented with conventional resin luting cements. However, alternative alloys for resin-bonded retainers offer improved physical and biocompatible properties, and resin-metal bond strengths twice that of traditional methods can be achieved. The superior bonds obtained with etched base metals bonded with adhesive resins and silica-coated alloys bonded with silane-coupling agents make these the most desirable techniques available.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Diego, Calif.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lawson
mesh_terms: D003722:Dental Alloys / Q000737:chemistry; D001840:Dental Bonding; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D012117:Resins, Synthetic / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D003722:Dental Alloys; D012117:Resins, Synthetic