title: Nonthermal Atmospheric Plasmas in Dental Restoration.
abstract: It is well known that the service life of contemporary composite restoration is unsatisfactory, and longevity of dentin bonding is one of the major culprits. Bonding is essentially a hybridization process in which dental substrate and adhesive resin interact with each other through an exchange process. Thus, the longevity of dentin bonding can only be improved with enhanced qualities in substrate, adhesive resin, and their interaction within the hybridization zone. This review aims to collect and summarize recent advances in utilizing nonthermal atmospheric plasmas (NTAPs)-a novel technology that delivers highly reactive species in a gaseous medium at or below physiologic temperature-to improve the durability of dentin bonding by addressing these 3 issues simultaneously. Overall, NTAP has demonstrated efficacies in improving a number of critical properties for dentin bonding, including deactivation of oral pathogens, modification of surface chemistry/properties, resin polymerization, improvement in adhesive-dentin interactions, and establishment of auxiliary bonding mechanism. While a few preliminary studies have indicated the benefit of NTAP to bond strength and stability, additional researches are warranted to employ knowledge acquired so far and to evaluate these properties in a systematic way.
authors: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry, Kansas City, MO, USA.
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authors: Liu
authors: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry, Kansas City, MO, USA.
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authors: Center for Surface Science and Plasma Technology, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
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authors: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry, Kansas City, MO, USA Wangyo@umkc.edu.
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authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry*; D001840:Dental Bonding; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000379:methods*; D003804:Dentin / Q000382:microbiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D058626:Plasma Gases / Q000737:chemistry*; D058105:Polymerization; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003188:Composite Resins; D017220:Dentin-Bonding Agents; D058626:Plasma Gases
keywords: adhesives; composite resins; dental bonding; dentin; polymerization; surface properties