title: Use of fluorescent compounds in assessing bonded resin-based restorations: a literature review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This work reviews fundamental concepts involved with fluorescent imaging in the dental materials field.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fluorescent dyes have been widely used: incorporated into adhesive system components, placed in the pulp chamber and allowed to diffuse toward the restorative interface, as well as used as a visible tracer in microleakage tests.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although use of fluorescent imaging has substantially contributed to the existing knowledge base, there is no standardized methodology used, and as a result, interpretation of study results as well as comparison of results among studies remains questionable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Operative Dentistry, Endodontics and Dental Materials, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, S.P., Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo H P
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: D'Alpino
authors.forename: José C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Nádia R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Svizero
authors.forename: Frederick A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Rueggeberg
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Pashley
mesh_terms: D003188:Composite Resins; D001840:Dental Bonding; D003763:Dental Leakage / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000379:methods*; D003806:Dentin Permeability; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006801:Humans; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D012235:Rhodamines
chemical_list: D003188:Composite Resins; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D012235:Rhodamines; C029773:rhodamine B