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K C Titley

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Preliminary surface analysis of etched, bleached, and normal bovine enamel.

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) and secondary ion-mass spectroscopic (SIMS) analyses were performed on unground un-pumiced, unground pumiced, and ground labial enamel surfaces of young bovine incisors exposed to four different treatments: (1) immersion in 35% H2O2 for 60 min; (2) immersion in 37% H3PO4 for 60 s; (3) immersion in 35% H2O2 for 60 min, in distilled water for two min, and in 37% H3PO4 for 60 s; (4) immersion in 37% H3PO4 for 60 s, in distilled water for two min, and in 35% H2O2 for 60 min. Untreated unground un-pumiced, unground pumiced, and ground enamel surfaces, as well as synthetic hydroxyapatite surfaces, served as controls for intra-tooth evaluations of the effects of different treatments. The analyses indicated that exposure to 35% H2O2 alone, besides increasing the nitrogen content, produced no other significant change in the elemental composition of any of the enamel surfaces investigated. Exposure to 37% H3PO4, however, produced a marked decrease in calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) concentrations and an increase in carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) concentrations in unground un-pumiced specimens only, and a decrease in C concentration in ground specimens. These results suggest that the reported decrease in the adhesive bond strength of resin to 35% H2O2-treated enamel is not caused by a change in the elemental composition of treated enamel surfaces. They also suggest that an organic-rich layer, unaffected by acid-etching, may be present on the unground un-pumiced surface of young bovine incisors. This layer can be removed by thorough pumicing or by grinding. An awareness of its presence is important when young bovine teeth are used in a model system for evaluation of resin adhesiveness.

Acid Etching, Dental↗

Adhesion of a glass ionomer cement to bleached and unbleached bovine dentin.

Cylinders of Fuji Type II glass ionomer restorative cement were bonded to the superficial dentin layer of young bovine incisor teeth that had previously been subjected to 4 different treatments: 1) teeth immersed in 35% hydrogen peroxide for 60 min and etched with 37% phosphoric acid gel for 60 s; 2) teeth immersed in saline for 60 min and etched with 37% phosphoric acid for 60 s; 3) teeth etched with 37% phosphoric acid for 60 s and immersed in 35% hydrogen peroxide for 60 min; or 4) teeth etched with 37% phosphoric acid for 60 s and immersed in saline for 60 min. Specimens were stored in water at 37 degrees for 1 and 7 days, prior to tension and shear testing. A total of 128 teeth were tested: 8 teeth in each group for each day and for each test. Statistical analysis of the results indicated that there was a highly significant reduction in bond strength of the cement when dentin was exposed to hydrogen peroxide as compared with saline. SEM examination of randomly selected fractured test specimens indicated that bond failure was cohesive in nature, suggesting that the hydrogen peroxide treatment adversely affected the setting process of the glass ionomer cement.

Adhesiveness↗

Adhesion of composite resin to bleached and unbleached bovine enamel.

Cylinders of microfil and small-particle light-cured composite resin were bonded to the flattened labial enamel surface of young bovine incisor teeth which had previously been subjected to four different treatments: (1) teeth immersed in 35% hydrogen peroxide (HP) for 60 min and etched (E) with 37% phosphoric acid gel for 60 sec; (2) teeth immersed in saline (S) for 60 min and E for 60 sec; (3) teeth E for 60 sec and immersed in HP for 60 min; and (4) teeth E for 60 sec, immersed in S for 60 min. Specimens were stored in water at 37 degrees for one and seven days prior to tension- and shear-testing. A total of 256 teeth was tested--eight teeth in each group for each day, for each resin, and for each test. Statistical analysis of the results indicated that there was a highly significant reduction in adhesive bond strength of the resins when the enamel was exposed to HP as compared with S. SEM examination of randomly selected fractured test specimens indicated that this reduction in adhesive bond strength occurred primarily at the bonding resin-enamel interface. Less significant differences in bond strength were noted in the control specimens, with regard to resin type, time of storage, and the etching order.

Adhesiveness↗