Adhesion - New Approaches

Minu Thomas, Krishnan Hari, Joy Mathew, Joseph Joy, Basil Joy

Abstract: Adhesive dentistry is the one entity in dentistry towards which considerable studies has been done in recent years. The drawback with Contemporary dental adhesives is the disintegration of resin-dentin bond with time. Today growing efforts are made to simplify and shorten the bonding procedures so as to improve the longevity of resin restorations. Numerous simplified adhesives have been introduced to dentistry within the last few years. Despite significant improvements in adhesive systems, the bonded interface of dental hard tissues with resinous restoratives remains the weakest area of tooth-coloured restorations. In this review, the modifying methods of adhesive materials to improve the longevity of resinous restorations are summarised.

Keywords: super dentin, smart materials, 10-MDP, MDPB