self-etch
Pertaining to adhesive systems for bonding fillings to teeth that combine the etching and priming phases into a single step.
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- Pertaining to adhesive systems for bonding fillings to teeth that combine the etching and priming phases into a single step.
- A common step usually ignored in self-etch adhesives is the air-drying after adhesive application. - 2014, Michelle Sunico-Segarra, Armin Segarra, A Practical Clinical Guide to Resin Cements, →ISBN, page 30:
- The self-etch system only makes the smear layer permeable without completely removing it because of the lack of the separate etching step. - 2015, Zhou Xuedong, Dental Caries: Principles and Management, →ISBN, page 119:
- Water is an essential component of self-etch adhesives as it is needed in the ionization of acidic monomers. - 2017, Pekka Vallittu, Mutlu Özcan, Clinical Guide to Principles of Fiber-Reinforced Composites in Dentistry,...