title: Do we need a randomized controlled trial to assess trivial, albeit standard used, clinical steps in bonding? The answer is yes, but there are some interpretation issues.
abstract: The feasibility of generalizing and extrapolating the results of the RCT assessing the necessity of a bonding stage to the routine clinical situation is discussed in this commentary. The lack of difference in failure rate between the two procedures followed may not receive the dimensions of a directive to alter a step of the bonding process, before other factors related to the performance of the materials are considered.
authors.forename: Theodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eliades
mesh_terms: D001840:Dental Bonding / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016910:Orthodontic Brackets; D019279:Resin Cements / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D019279:Resin Cements