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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Oct 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Dent Assoc. 2006 Oct;137(10):1414–1418. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.2006.0054

Table 1.

Microtensile bond strength of adhesives tested.

ADHESIVE LOCATION NO. OF
SAMPLES		 MEAN (SD*) BOND
STRENGTH,
MEGAPASCALS		 NO. (%) OF
DEBONDED
SAMPLES		 NO. (%) OF
COHESIVE
FAILURES
Adper Scotchbond
Multipurpose Dental
Adhesive† 		Pulpal wall 13 36.4 (17.2) 3 (18.7) (7.7)
Gingival wall 7 29.7 (16.3) 9 (56.3) 0 (0)
Clearfil SE Bond‡ Pulpal wall 14 50.8 (13.6) 0 (0) 2 14.3)
Gingival wall 12 60.2 (14.0) 0 (0) 1 (8.3)
Prime & Bond NT
Adhesive§ 		Pulpal wall 14 38.3 (19.2) 2 (12.5) 0 (0)
Gingival wall 12 38.9 (17.7) 4 (25) 0 (0)
PQ1 Pulpal wall 14 68.7 (8.7) 0 (0) 8 (57.1)
Gingival wall 15 54.5 (18.5) 0 (0) 3 (20)
*

SD: Standard deviation.

†

Adper Scotchbond Multipurpose Dental Adhesive is manufactured by 3M ESPE, S t Paul, Minn.

‡

Clearfil SE Bond is manufactured by Kuraray America. Mew York City.

§

Prime & Bond NT Adhesive is manufactured by Dentsply Caulk, Milford, Del.

PQ1 is manufactured by Ultradent, South Jordan, Utah.