Wear resistance and surface roughness of a newly devised adhesive patch for sealing smooth enamel surfaces

Oper Dent. 2006 Jan-Feb;31(1):115-21. doi: 10.2341/04-202.

Abstract

A laboratory study assessed the wear resistance and surface roughness after chemical and mechanical wear of a newly devised adhesive patch when used as a smooth surface sealant. Forty-eight enamel discs were prepared from bovine lower central incisors. Sixteen specimens were treated with one of two sealing options: the prototype of an adhesive patch or a flowable resin. Unsealed enamel served as the positive control. Wear and surface roughness was measured at baseline and after all the samples were immersed in saliva or lactic acid (n=8 per treatment group) for up to 21 days, during which the experimental and control enamel surfaces were exposed to 10 double-stroke toothbrush cycles per day. In saliva and lactic acid, the sealed specimens showed no significant wear during the observation period (p=0.1841). Only untreated specimens exposed to lactic acid showed a significant substance loss after 14 and 21 days (p=0.0186). The patch and flowable resin showed no differences in surface roughness values at respective times (p=0.385); whereas the surface roughness of the unsealed specimens in lactic acid was significantly higher (p<0.0001). It was concluded that the adhesive patch under investigation merits further study to assess its potential as a sealant for smooth enamel surfaces.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adhesives / chemistry*
  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Composite Resins / chemistry
  • Dental Bonding*
  • Dental Enamel / ultrastructure*
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Lactic Acid / chemistry
  • Materials Testing
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Pit and Fissure Sealants / chemistry*
  • Random Allocation
  • Resin Cements / chemistry
  • Saliva, Artificial / chemistry
  • Surface Properties
  • Toothbrushing

Substances

  • Adhesives
  • Composite Resins
  • Pit and Fissure Sealants
  • Resin Cements
  • Saliva, Artificial
  • Syntac dentine adhesive
  • tetric flow composite resin
  • Lactic Acid