Effect of green tea extract on bonding durability of an etch-and-rinse adhesive system to caries-affected dentin

• Main Authors: Carolina CARVALHO (Author), Fernando Pelegrim FERNANDES (Author), Valeria da Penha FREITAS (Author), Fabiana Mantovani Gomes FRANÇA (Author), Roberta Tarkany BASTING (Author), Cecilia Pedroso TURSSI (Author), Flávia Lucisano Botelho AMARAL (Author)
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• Published: University of São Paulo.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Objective Green tea extract has been advocated as a matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitor; however, its effect on bond durability to caries-affected dentin has never been reported. Thus, the aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the effect of two MMP inhibitors (2% chlorhexidine and...