Shear bond strength of metallic brackets: influence of saliva contamination

• Main Authors: Luciana Borges Retamoso (Author), Fabrício Mezzomo Collares (Author), Eduardo Silveira Ferreira (Author), Susana Maria Werner Samuel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of saliva contamination on shear bond strength and the bond failure pattern of 3 adhesive systems (Transbond XT, AdheSE and Xeno III) on orthodontic metallic brackets bonded to human enamel. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Seventy-two permanent human molars were cut longit...