Orthodontic treatment has the potential to cause some damage to dental enamel during
cleaning with abrasives before etching, the acid etching process itself, enamel fractures …

Demineralization is an inevitable side effect associated with fixed appliance orthodontic
treatment, especially associated with poor oral hygiene. Fixed orthodontic appliances create …

Objective: To compare the shear bond strength of different metal orthodontic brackets.
Materials and Methods: Five types of orthodontic metal brackets were selected (S1, Victory …

Objective: To assess microleakage of a tooth-adhesive-bracket complex when metal or
ceramic brackets were bonded with a conventional and an antibacterial self-etching …

Background/objectives: A new flash-free adhesive promises to eliminate the need to clean
up excess adhesive upon orthodontic bracket bonding. This study evaluated this new …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of Coca-Cola® and Schweppes®
Limón on bond strength, adhesive remnant, and microleakage beneath brackets. One …

Objective: To test the null hypotheses that (1) the type of light curing unit used (quartz-
tungsten-halogen [QTH] or light-emitting diode [LED]) would not affect the amount of …

This study evaluated the shear bond strength of stainless steel brackets bonded to enamel
with a new fluoride-releasing orthodontic adhesive system. A total of 140 extracted human …

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of light-tip distance on the shear bond
strength and failure site of brackets cured with three different light curing units: a high …

Objective: To evaluate the effect of applying an adhesive, prior to different flowable
composite resins, on the shear bond strength (SBS) of orthodontic brackets to acid-etched …