Shear bond resistance and enamel surface comparison after the bonding and debonding of ceramic and metallic brackets

• Main Authors: José Maurício da Rocha (Author), Marco Abdo Gravina (Author), Marcio José da Silva Campos (Author), Cátia Cardoso Abdo Quintão (Author), Carlos Nelson Elias (Author), Robert Willer Farinazzo Vitral (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Dental Press Editora, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate, in vitro, the shear bond strength presented by three brands of polycrystalline ceramic brackets and one brand of metallic bracket; verify the adhesive remnant index (ARI) after the tests, and analyze, through scanning electron microscopy (SEM) the enamel surface topography af...