著者
Kie NOJIRI Akimasa TSUJIMOTO Takayuki SUZUKI Syo SHIBASAKI Saki MATSUYOSHI Toshiki TAKAMIZAWA Masashi MIYAZAKI
出版者
日本歯科理工学会
雑誌
Dental Materials Journal (ISSN:02874547)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.34, no.5, pp.611-617, 2015-10-02 (Released:2015-10-05)
参考文献数
28
被引用文献数
5 8

In this study, we investigated the influence of light intensity on the surface-free energy and dentin bond strength of single-step selfetch adhesives. The adhesives were applied to the dentin surfaces of bovine mandibular incisors and cured with light intensities of 0 (no irradiation), 200, 400, and 600 mW/cm2. Surface-free energies were determined by measuring the contact angles of three test liquids placed on the cured adhesives. Dentin bond strengths of the specimens were also measured. Polymerization with a higher light intensity resulted in a lower surface-free energy of the cured adhesives. The greatest bond strength was achieved when a light intensity of 400 mW/cm2 or greater was used. Our data suggest that the surface-free energy and dentin bond strength of single-step self-etch adhesives are affected by light intensity of the curing unit.