title: Sense and non-sense of adhesion research.
abstract: Dental adhesion has made tremendous progress over the last twenty years. Since the favorable outcome of an adhesive procedure cannot be established immediately with any visual check, the dependence upon early research is higher than for instance with restorative materials. With the rapid introduction of newer and simpler systems many in-vitro and in-vivo results have been offered to the general dental population, but how realistic are these findings for the general practice situation? A review of both in-vivo and in-vitro research techniques and results reveals that the clinical relevance of any type of adhesion research is low for the general practice situation. The dentist's skill and understanding of the product may be far more important than the choice of the adhesive material itself, and the trend towards systems that are easier to understand and use is a valid one for the general practice situation.
authors.affiliation: University of Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Al
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Waning
mesh_terms: D000269:Adhesives; D001840:Dental Bonding; D018865:Dental Research; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing
chemical_list: D000269:Adhesives; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents