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ArticleJournal of conservative dentistry and endodontics2026

Microtensile bond strength and bond durability of resin composite to dentin pretreated with chlorhexidine, dimethyl sulfoxide, and trans-cinnamaldehyde.

Twinkle Kothari, Sampath Vidhya, Sekar Mahalaxmi

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Article in Journal of conservative dentistry and endodontics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Twinkle KothariDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, SRM Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sampath VidhyaDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, SRM Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sekar MahalaxmiDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, SRM Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Abstract

Background: Despite successful immediate dentin bonding, its stability remains challenging due to its susceptibility to protease-induced degradation. Aim: This study aimed to comparatively evaluate microtensile bond strength (μTBS) of resin composite to dentin pretreated using 2% chlorhexidine (CHX), 0.05% trans-cinnamaldehyde (TCA), their combination (2% CHX/0.05% TCA) and 50% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) immediately (24 h) and after long-term aging (6 months) under in vitro conditions. Materials and Methods: Superficial dentin was exposed in 75 extracted human molars. Following etching with 37% phosphoric acid, the specimens were randomly allocated ( Results: At 24 h, DMSO showed significantly higher mean μTBS than CHX ( Conclusion: Within the limits of this study, DMSO pretreatment significantly improved both the immediate and long-term μTBS of composite to dentin.

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Bond strengthchlorhexidinecinnamaldehydedentin bonding agentsdimethyl sulfoxide

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PMCPMC13268562

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