Nature

Weak evidence suggests higher risk for bracket bonding failure with self-etch primer compared to conventional acid etch over 12 months

Medline, Embase, Cochrane Oral Health Group's Trials Register and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL). Unpublished data were sought by searching ClinicalTrials.gov, the ...
DrBicuspid

Do self-etch adhesives yield optimum bond strengths?

When Kerr launched its OptiBond XTR self-etch adhesive last December, the company touted it as "the best of each generation in one universal system." A new study in the Journal of Esthetic and ...
DrBicuspid

Christensen: Self-etch is better than total etch

CHICAGO - To self-etch or total etch, that is the question. At least it is for many in the dental community -- but not Gordon Christensen, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D. "I don't understand what all the hassle ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Cryogenic Etch Re-Emerges

After years in R&D, a technology called cryogenic etch is re-emerging as a possible option for production as the industry faces new challenges in memory and logic. Cryogenic etch removes materials in ...