Antibacterial Properties of Dental Luting Agents: Potential to Hinder the Development of Secondary Caries

• Main Authors: Erik Unosson (Author), Yanling Cai (Author), Xiyuan Jiang (Author), Jesper Lööf (Author), Ken Welch (Author), Håkan Engqvist (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A modified direct contact test was used to evaluate the antibacterial properties of four commercially available dental luting agents (RelyX Unicem, Ketac Cem, Ceramir Crown & Bridge and Harvard Cement) and two reference materials (glass-ionomer cement and calcium aluminate cement) compared to a...