A randomized five-year clinical study of a two-step self-etch adhesive with or without selective enamel etching

• Published in: Dental Materials Journal Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 757 - 763
• Main Authors: SAY, Esra CAN, YURDAGUVEN, Haktan, OZEL, Emre, SOYMAN, Mubin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Society for Dental Materials and Devices 2014
• Subjects: Acid Etching, Dental - methods; Acrylic Resins - chemistry; Clinical evaluation; Dental Restoration, Permanent - methods; Dentistry; Enamel etching; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Non-carious cervical sclerotic lesions; Surface Properties; Treatment Outcome; Two-step self-etch adhesive; USPHS criteria
• ISSN: 0287-4547; 1881-1361
• DOI: 10.4012/dmj.2014-106

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the five-year clinical performance of a two-step self-etch adhesive in non-carious cervical sclerotic lesions with or without selective acid-etching of enamel margins. A total of 104 cervical restorations in 22 patients (46–64 years) were bonded following either self-etch approach (AdheSE non-etch) or a similar application, including selective acid-etching of enamel margins (AdheSE etch), and were restored with resin composite. The restorations were evaluated at baseline and after one, two, three and five-years (84 restorations in 19 patients) according to the USPHS criteria. Data were analyzed using McNemar’s test. Cumulative retention rates for the non-etch and etch groups were 82.6% and 86.1% respectively. No significant differences were detected in the retention rates, marginal adaptations at dentin side and secondary caries between the groups. After five-years, the clinical performance of the two-step self-etch adhesive with or without selective acid-etching of enamel margins, was acceptable.