title: Effect of air moisture content on adhesion to dentine: a comparison of dental air/water syringe tips.
abstract: This study aimed to evaluate the spray pattern and air moisture content produced by single-use syringe and multiple-use syringe tips. The drying efficacy was evaluated by analyzing the spray and by detecting the presence of moisture in the air blast through the tips. Single-use tips had a more consistent spray pattern and produced a moisture-free airflow compared to the multiple-use tips. The differences were statistically significant. Adhesion to dentine between tooth preparations dried with the two tips was evaluated using a tensile test. The differences were statistically insignificant.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bennani
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chandler
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hanlin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lowe
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols; D000388:Air / Q000032:analysis*; D003035:Cobalt; D001840:Dental Bonding / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D003804:Dentin / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D011176:Post and Core Technique / Q000295:instrumentation; D019279:Resin Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D012821:Silanes / Q000737:chemistry; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013499:Surface Properties; D013594:Syringes; D013718:Tensile Strength; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; C483701:Rely X Unicem; D019279:Resin Cements; D012821:Silanes; D014867:Water; D003035:Cobalt; C018021:cobaltous chloride