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Bonding Systems

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Total cards: 23•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

what are the properties of a dental adhesive?

Back (Answer)

high bond strength, immediate bond strength, durable bond, impermeable bond, easy to use, safe

#2
Front (Question)

what does the acid etch technique do to enamel?

Back (Answer)

roughens the surface of the enamel producing a characteristic etched pattern

#3
Front (Question)

what does the etched surface of enamel allow?

Back (Answer)

micromechanical interlocking of resin filling materials, increases surface energy of enamel surface by removing surface contaminants to allow better wettability

#4
Front (Question)

what does better wettability allow with enamel?

Back (Answer)

the resin to adapt better to the roughened enamel surface

#5
Front (Question)

what state must enamel be in to be etched?

Back (Answer)

dry

#6
Front (Question)

what acid is used for etch?

Back (Answer)

30% phosphoric acid

#7
Front (Question)

for enamel, what is applied after etch?

Back (Answer)

dentine bonding agent - BisGMA usually and then composite

#8
Front (Question)

what is the requirements of a dentine bonding agent?

Back (Answer)

ability to flow, potential for intimate contact with dentine surface, low viscosity, adhesion to substrate

#9
Front (Question)

how is dentine bonding acheived?

Back (Answer)

interlocking with dentine bonding agent and the dentine surface

#10
Front (Question)

if enamel is bonded at a mechanical level what is dentine bonded with?

Back (Answer)

chemical adhesion - molecular level

#11
Front (Question)

if the dentine is mineralised what type of bond occurs?

Back (Answer)

ionic

#12
Front (Question)

if the dentine is organic what bond occurs?

Back (Answer)

covalent

#13
Front (Question)

what is critical surface energy?

Back (Answer)

the surface tension of a liquid that will just spread on the surface of a solid

#14
Front (Question)

what must the respective surface energies for composite and dentine be?

Back (Answer)

low for composite and high for dentine

#15
Front (Question)

what do dentine bonding agents do in relation to critical surface energy?

Back (Answer)

increase the surface energy of dentine surface and allow composite to flow and stick to the surface

#16
Front (Question)

what is the smear layer?

Back (Answer)

adherent layer of organic debris that remains on the dentine surface after preparation of the dentine during the restoration of a tooth

#17
Front (Question)

what does a total etch bonding agent consist of?

Back (Answer)

dentine conditioner, primer and adhesive

#18
Front (Question)

what does dentine conditioner do?

Back (Answer)

remove smear layer, open dentinal tubules, decalcify top layer of dentin

#19
Front (Question)

what does the primer in DBA do

Back (Answer)

it is a coupling agent, bifunctional molecule with hydrophilic end attaching to dentine surface and hydrophobic end attaching to composite

#20
Front (Question)

what coupling agent is found in primers?

Back (Answer)

HEMA

#21
Front (Question)

what does adhesive contain?

Back (Answer)

HEMA and Bis-GMA, camphorquinone, filler particles

#22
Front (Question)

what does adhesive do?

Back (Answer)

forms a micromechanical bond within the tubules and exposed dentinal collagen fibres and forms the hybrid layer of collagen plus resin

#23
Front (Question)

what do all monomers in DBAs bond to?

Back (Answer)

calcium in hydroxyapatite