Dentin shear bond strength and degree of conversion of the dentin bonding agents irradiated with light emitting diode

  • Kim, Sun-Young (Department of Conservative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Seoul National University) ;
  • Um, Chung-Moon (Department of Conservative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2003.11.01

Abstract

I. Objectives This study investigated the dentin shear bond strength and the degree of conversion (DC) of currently used dentin bonding agents (DBAs) that were irradiated with a light emitting diode (LED) light curing unit (LCU) and a halogen LCU. II. Materials and methods The halogen LCU and the LED LCU used in this study were a VIP(Bisco, Schaumburg, IL, USA) and an Elipar Freelight(3M ESPE, St Paul, MN, USA) respectively. For the VIP, $400mW{\cdot}cm-2$ intensity mode was used to adjust to the intensity of the LED LCU. The DBAs used in this study were Scotchbond Multipurpose (3M ESPE), Single Bond (3M ESPE), One-step(Bisco), Clearfil SE Bond(Kuraray), and Adper Prompt(3M ESPE).(omitted)

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