Does chlorhexidine affect the shear bond strengths of orthodontic brackets?

• Main Authors: Bülent Catalbas (Author), Ertuğrul Ercan (Author), Mehmet Dalli (Author), İbrahim Erhan Gelgor (Author), Ali Erdemir (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of 1% chlorhexidine (CHX) gel on the shear bond strength (SBS) of orthodontic brackets bonded with Transbond XT (XT, 3M Unitek) and Transbond Plus Self-Etching Primer (TSEP, 3M Unitek). Materials and methods: In total, 75 extrac...