Assessment of defects at tooth/self-adhering flowable composite interface using swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT). Issue 5 (May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Park, Kyung-Jin; Schneider, Hartmut; Haak, Rainer
• Is Part Of: Dental materials. Volume 31:Issue 5(2015)
• Page Start: 534
• Page End: 541
• Publication Date: 2015-05
• Subjects: Dentistry -- Periodicals; Dental materials -- Periodicals; 617.695
• DOI: 10.1016/j.dental.2015.02.005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0109-5641

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Adhesive defects were detected and assessed by optical coherence tomography.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">At enamel, EF showed significantly fewer adhesive defects than PLP.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">At dentin, EF showed more adhesive defects than PLP.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">We would recommend clinical use of EF on very small cavities bounded by enamel.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0025"> <label></label> <p id="par0025">The use of EF as a definitive restorative material must be put under scrutiny.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>