title: Relationship between bond-strength tests and clinical outcomes.
abstract: One often alleges that laboratory bond-strength testing cannot predict clinical effectiveness of adhesives. Major argument to sustain this claim is the wide variation in bond-strength values recorded for one specific adhesive among different research institutes worldwide. The main reason for these inconsistent bond-strength measurements is supposedly the current lack of a standard bond-strength testing protocol. This paper (and presentation) aimed to report on an extensive literature review with regard to the different laboratory bond-strength test methods and their data provided, along with a second extensive literature review on clinical effectiveness data of adhesives in terms of retention rates of adhesive Class-V restorations. Combining both systematic reviews, we have subsequently searched for a potential relationship between bond-strength data and clinical outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Leuven BIOMAT Research Cluster, Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Oral Pathology and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Catholic University of Leuven, Kapucijnenvoer 7, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. bart.vanmeerbeek@med.kuleuven.be
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van Meerbeek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peumans
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poitevin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mine
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van Ende
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De Munck
mesh_terms: D000134:Acid Etching, Dental / Q000379:methods; D001530:Belgium; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003188:Composite Resins; D001840:Dental Bonding; D003743:Dental Enamel; D003763:Dental Leakage; D018772:Dental Marginal Adaptation; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D003804:Dentin; D003806:Dentin Permeability; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D019279:Resin Cements; D033081:Shear Strength; D013499:Surface Properties; D013548:Sweden; D013718:Tensile Strength
chemical_list: D003188:Composite Resins; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents; D019279:Resin Cements