Salivary contamination during bonding procedures with a one-bottle adhesive system.
OBJECTIVE
The effect of salivary contamination of enamel and dentin on bonding efficacy of an experimental one-bottle resin adhesive was investigated.


METHODS
The adhesive was a light-curing urethane dimethacrylate/hydroxyethyl methacrylate/4-methacryloxyethyl trimellitate anhydride mixture dissolved in acetone. Evaluation parameters were shear bond strength and marginal gap width in a dental cavity. Apart from a control group without contamination (group 1), etched enamel and dentin were (2) contaminated with saliva and air dried; (3) contaminated, rinsed, and blot dried; (4) coated with adhesive, contaminated, rinsed, and blot dried; (5) coated with adhesive, light cured, contaminated, rinsed, and air dried; or (6) treated as in group 5, with additional adhesive application after air drying.


RESULTS
There was no negative effect in groups 3 and 4, compared with control. Air drying after salivary contamination (group 2) resulted in low shear bond strengths and wide marginal gaps. Contamination of the cured adhesive layer (groups 5 and 6) had no adverse effect on enamel shear bond strengths, but resulted in 50% reduced dentin shear bond strengths and wide marginal gaps.


CONCLUSIONS
The one-bottle adhesive system is relatively insensitive to salivary contamination, provided that the contamination occurs prior to light curing of the adhesive and is carefully rinsed and blot dried. Salivary contact after adhesive curing must be avoided.
Fritz
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UB
Department of Operative Dentistry, Dental School, University of Cologne, Germany.
Finger
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Stean
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D000269:Adhesives / Q000737:chemistry; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003188:Composite Resins; D001840:Dental Bonding / Q000379:methods*; D003743:Dental Enamel; D018772:Dental Marginal Adaptation; D003804:Dentin; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents; D006801:Humans; D008689:Methacrylates; D011140:Polyurethanes; D019279:Resin Cements; D012463:Saliva; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013997:Time Factors; D014233:Tricarboxylic Acids
D000269:Adhesives; C084111:Charisma composite resin; D003188:Composite Resins; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents; D008689:Methacrylates; D011140:Polyurethanes; D019279:Resin Cements; D014233:Tricarboxylic Acids; C029824:urethane dimethacrylate luting resin; C098756:4-methacryloxyethyltrimellitic acid; C005044:hydroxyethyl methacrylate