“…Improved adhesion occurs due to the exposure of a bigger surface area associated with better prisms orientation and removal of weakened enamel (Carvalho et al, 2000;Mizuno et al, 2015;Schneider, Messer, & Douglas, 1981;Veneziani, 2017;Wang et al, 2018). In some situations, the bevel can also promote cusp splinting in extensive posterior restorations, reducing the risk of catastrophic fractures, similar to an onlay restoration with cusp coverage (Alshiddi & Aljinbaz, 2016;Mondelli, Ishikiriama, de Oliveira Filho, & Mondelli, 2009;Soares, Santos-Filho, Martins, & Soares, 2008). Nevertheless, prisms orientation are variable through the occlusal surface and such variations can generate doubts about the necessity of beveling the cavosurface angle, especially in wider cavities, which presents a lower fracture resistance and in which the integrity of restoration's margins is challenging to be achieved (Giorgi et al, 2014;Soliman et al, 2016;Veloso et al, 2018), especially because some reports show no improvement in cavities with bevel, resulting in an unnecessary cavity overextension (Mahn et al, 2015;Soliman et al, 2016).…”