Use of fluorescent compounds in assessing bonded resin-based restorations: a literature review.
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.
D'Alpino
Paulo H P
PH
Department of Operative Dentistry, Endodontics and Dental Materials, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, S.P., Brazil.
Pereira
José C
JC
Svizero
Nádia R
NR
Rueggeberg
Frederick A
FA
Pashley
David H
DH
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
D003188:Composite Resins; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D012235:Rhodamines; C029773:rhodamine B