Objective: To analyze the clinical and laboratory properties of the recently introduced APC
flash-free orthodontic adhesive. Material and Methods: After bonding of 80 brackets on …

Objectives White spot lesions are one of the most common side effects of orthodontic
therapy with a multibracket appliance and may indicate a preliminary stage of caries, also …

Objectives: To compare bracket survival and adhesive removal time between a flash-free
and a conventional adhesive for orthodontic bracket bonding. Materials and Methods: Forty …

Background The aim of this study was to compare the shear bond strength (SBS) of a flash-
free and precoated orthodontic adhesive with a compomer orthodontic adhesive before and …

Objectives To review the literature systematically to compare the performance of adhesive
precoated flash-free bonding systems with conventional adhesive precoated (APC) and …

Objective To compare the enamel demineralization around the two precoated adhesive
bracket systems, APC Flash-Free and APC PLUS (3M Unitek, Monrovia, CA, USA), in …

Summary Context/Objectives Clinical studies show a mean bond failure rate of orthodontic
brackets, which ranges between 6% and 8%, with a predominance for the second …

Background and aim: The purpose of this study was the comparison of the bonding
performance between the new flash-free Orthodontic bracket bonding system and the …

Objective: To compare microleakage under 3M Unitek's APC Flash-Free Adhesive Coated
System bracket and the APC PLUS Adhesive Coated System bracket after thermal cycling …

Objective To evaluate enamel roughness and color after debonding flash-free adhesive
precoated brackets and brackets coated with conventional orthodontic adhesives using …