ArticleThe Saudi dental journal2026
Investigating the Effect of Saliva Contamination at Different Time Intervals on Micro-Shear Bond Strength of Dentin with Immediate Dentin Sealing.
Article in The Saudi dental journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
aimThe immediate dentin sealing (IDS) approach involves sealing the dentin immediately after tooth preparation and before impression taking. This in vitro study aimed to investigate the effect of saliva contamination at various time intervals on the micro-shear bond strength (µSBS) of dentin sealed using a three-step etch-and-rinse adhesive. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe occlusal coronal third of 40 intact third molars was removed, and IDS was applied using the three-step adhesive OptiBond FL. The bonded samples were divided into four groups and exposed to non-stimulating natural saliva for 0, 7, 14, and 30 days. After saliva exposure, the teeth were rinsed, and the IDS surfaces were conditioned with 50 µm alumina particles for 5 seconds. The standard adhesive procedure was then followed, and resin composite restoration was applied. µSBS was measured using a universal testing machine, and failure modes were recorded. Data were analyzed using Shapiro-Wilk and ANOVA tests (α < 0.05).
resultsThe highest bond strength was observed in the control group (25.32 ± 6.70 MPa), while the lowest was in the group exposed to saliva for 30 days (21.93 ± 3.26 MPa). However, no statistically significant difference was found between the groups (P = 0.308). The predominant failure mode in all samples, except for one specimen in the control group, which exhibited mixed failure, was adhesive.
conclusionWithin the limitations of this in vitro study, saliva contamination for up to 30 days did not significantly affect the µSBS of dentin samples sealed using the IDS method. However, long-term clinical trials are needed to confirm these findings.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.