Aim:The study aimed to analyze the morphology of the dentinresin interface yielded by two-step etch-and-rinse adhesive systems with different solvents and compositions.
Materials and methods:A total of 32 dentine disks were prepared and randomly assigned to four groups of one-bottle etchand-rinse adhesive systems containing different solvents: group I, Adper Scotchbond-1XT™ (ethanol/water); group II, XP-Bond™ (tertiary butanol); group III, Prime and Bond NT ® (acetone); and group IV, One Coat bond ® (5% water). Adhesive systems were applied onto dentin disks, which were then thermal cycled, divided into two hemi-disks (n = 16), and prepared for field-emission scanning electron microscopy to examine the dentin-resin interdiffusion zone. Microphotographs were scanned and data were processed. Data were compared with analysis of variance multivariant test after Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro-Wilk tests using Statistic Package for the Social Sciences.
Results:The adhesive layer thickness average found was group I: 45.9 ± 13.41 µm, group II: 20.6 ± 16.32 µm, group III: 17.7 ± 11.75 µm, and group IV: 50.7 ± 27.81 µm. Significant differences were found between groups I and IV and groups II and III (p < 0.000).Groups I (3.23 ± 0.53 µm) and II (3.13 ± 0.73 µm) yielded significantly thicker hybrid layers than groups III (2.53 ± 0.50 µm) and IV (1.84 ± 0.27 µm) (p < 0.003). Group III presented a less homogeneous hybrid layer, with some gaps. Tag length average was greater in groups II (111.0 ± 36.92 µm) and IV (128.9 ± 78.38 µm) than in groups I (61.5 ± 18.10 µm) and III (68.6 ± 15.84 µm) (p < 0.008).
Conclusion:Adhesives systems with different solvents led to significant differences in the dentin-resin interface morphology. Solvents role in adhesives bond strength should be considered together with the other adhesive system components.
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Clinical significance:The adhesive containing tertiary butanol, in addition, seems to originate a good-quality hybrid layer and long, entangled tags and also appears to have greater ability to originate microtags, which may indicate higher bond strength.