title: Enamel acid etching: a review.
abstract: Bonding to enamel has over 50 years of history. Efforts have been made to develop or introduce a simplified alternative, but enamel acid etching remains the most effective procedure for stable enamel bonding. Although acid etching is considered the most popular procedure in dentistry, there are characteristics that deserve special attention because of how crucial they can be in many clinical situations. This article reviews some of these aspects of enamel bonding using the acid-etching technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Operative Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, School of Dentistry, Florianópolis, Brazil.
authors.forename: Guilherme Carpena
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Daniela Greenhalgh
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Thys
authors.forename: Priscila
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Klaus
authors.forename: Gustavo Mussi Stefan
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Widmer
mesh_terms: D000134:Acid Etching, Dental; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D010756:Phosphoric Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D019279:Resin Cements / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014783:Viscosity; D017155:Wettability
chemical_list: D010756:Phosphoric Acids; D019279:Resin Cements; C030242:phosphoric acid