title: Shear bond strength of precoated orthodontic brackets: an in vivo study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the shear bond strength of precoated orthodontic brackets bonded with self-etching primer relative to that of noncoated conventionally-bonded brackets at two different time intervals.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-one subjects were selected for randomized split-mouth bonding of two types of brackets to the maxillary arch. Half of the teeth had precoated brackets bonded using self-etching adhesive, and the other half had regular brackets bonded using Transbond XT adhesive. Nitinol wires were tied to the upper arch and were left until the time of debonding. The patients were randomly divided into two groups: one debonded after one hour and the other debonded two weeks after the initial wire placement. The shear bond strength was directly recorded from the patients' mouths using an in vivo debonding device.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no significant differences in shear bond strength between the precoated and conventional groups or within each group at different time intervals. There were significant differences between anterior and posterior teeth in both the precoated and conventional groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pre-coated brackets bonded with self-etching adhesive have the same bonding strength as the conventionally bonded brackets.
authors: Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors: Ali H
authors: AH
authors: Hassan
keywords: bonding; brackets; orthodontics; precoated; self-etching adhesive; shear bond
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