Purpose: To evaluate through a systematic review and meta-analysis whether the immediate
and long-term bonding performance of universal adhesives would be improved by prior acid …

Increasing demand for simplified and user‐friendly adhesive systems has led to the
development of a new class of adhesives termed as Universal Adhesives (UAs). The term …

Objectives A systematic review was conducted to determine whether the etch-and-rinse or
self-etching mode is the best protocol for dentin and enamel adhesion by universal …

Purpose To evaluate the immediate and 6-month resin-dentin bond strength (μTBS) and
nanoleakage (NL) of universal adhesives that contain or do not contain …

Purpose To evaluate the 18-month clinical performance of a multimode adhesive
(Scotchbond Universal Adhesive, SU, 3M ESPE, St Paul, MN, USA) in noncarious cervical …

Statement of the problem It is still debatable which technique should be used with universal
adhesives, either etch-and-rinse (wet or dry) or self-etch strategy (with or without selective …

Objectives To compare the clinical performance of Scotchbond™ Universal Adhesive used
in self-and total-etch modes and two-bottle Scotchbond™ Multi-purpose Adhesive in total …

Objectives A sco** review was conducted to explore the use of FDI criteria 10 years after
their introduction. The first aim was to compare the amount of studies using the FDI and/or …

Objective To answer the following PICOS question:“Is the risk of retention loss, marginal
discoloration, marginal adaptation and postoperative sensitivity (POS) equal for etch-and …

Clinical Relevance Conventional multistep resin cements presented higher adhesive
performance to dentin than simplified self-adhesive cements, which is an important criterion …