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ArticleThe journal of adhesive dentistry2024

Bond Strength, Microleakage, Microgaps, and Marginal Adaptation of Self-adhesive Resin Composites to Tooth Substrates with and without Preconditioning with Universal Adhesives.

Alaaeldin Elraggal, Islam Abdel Raheem, Ahmed Holiel, Abdulaziz Alhotan, Abdulrahman Alshabib, Nikolaos Silikas, David C Watts, Nada Alharbi, Rania R Afifi

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Article in The journal of adhesive dentistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Three-Year Practice-Based Clinical Trial on the Performance of a Self-Adhesive Resin-Based Bulk-Fill Restorative.Journal of esthetic and restorative dentistry : official publication of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry ... [et al.] · 2025
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  7. Self-Adhesive Flowable Resin Composites-Are We Going Somewhere?Journal of esthetic and restorative dentistry : official publication of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry ... [et al.] · 2026
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  9. Physicomechanical Properties and Morphological Characterization of Several Universal Resin Composites After Different Aging Procedures.Journal of esthetic and restorative dentistry : official publication of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry ... [et al.] · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Alaaeldin Elraggal
Islam Abdel Raheem
Ahmed Holiel
Abdulaziz Alhotan
Abdulrahman Alshabib
Nikolaos Silikas
David C Watts
Nada Alharbi
Rania R Afifi

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study investigated and compared the bond strengths, microleakage, microgaps, and marginal adaptation of self-adhesive resin composites (SAC) to dentin with or without universal adhesives. MATERIALS AND

methodsDentin surfaces of 75 molars were prepared for shear and microtensile bond strength testing (SBS and µTBS). Silicon molds were used to build up direct restorations using the following materials to form 5 groups: 1. Surefil One; 2. Prime&Bond active Universal Adhesive + Surefil One; 3. Vertise Flow; 4. OptiBond Universal + Vertise Flow; 5. Scotchbond Universal + Filtek Z500 (control group). Bonded specimens were thermocycled 10,000x before being tested either for SBS or µTBS using a universal testing machine at a crosshead speed of 0.5 mm/min. Direct mesial and distal class-II cavities were created on 100 sound premolars, with the gingival margin of distal cavities placed below CEJ and restored according to the five groups. After thermocycling, microleakage scores were assessed following immersion of restored premolars in 2% methylene blue dye for 24 h, while marginal gaps and adaptation percentages were investigated on epoxy resin replicas under SEM at magnifications of 2000X and 200X, respectively. Results were statistically analyzed with parametric and non-parametric tests as applicable, with a level of significance set at α = 0.05.

resultsBond strengths, microleakage scores, microgaps, and percent marginal adaptation of Surefil One and Vertise Flow were significantly (p < 0.001) inferior to the control group. Dentin preconditioning with universal adhesives significantly increased the study parameter outcomes of Surefil One and Vertise Flow, yet they were still significantly below the performance of the control group.

conclusionConventional resin composite outperformed the SAC whether applied solely or in conjunction with their corresponding universal adhesives.

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Dental BondingResin CementsBisphenol A-Glycidyl MethacrylateComposite ResinsDental CementsDental Restoration, PermanentDentinDentin-Bonding AgentsMaterials TestingBisphenol A-Glycidyl MethacrylateComposite ResinsDental CementsDentin-Bonding AgentsResin Cementsmarginal adaptationmicroleakagemicrotensile bond strengthself-adhesive resin compositesshear bond strengthuniversal adhesives

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PMID38329120
PMCPMC11740777
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