Clinical Evaluation of Total-Etch and Self-Etch Dental Adhesives - 6 Year Recall

University of North Carolina (UNC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dental Bonding

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT02105896

13-2235

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose: To evaluate the performance of several dental adhesives used for bonding tooth-colored fillings to teeth 6 years after the fillings have been placed.

Participants: Subjects which had participated in the study entitled "Clinical Evaluation of New Total-Etch and Self-Etch Dental Adhesives" (IRB Study #07-0673).

Procedures (methods): Fillings that had been placed 6 years ago will be evaluated by a direct, visual examination. Close-up intra-oral clinical photographs of each filling will be made. An impression of the filling may be obtained.

The specific study aim of this 6-year recall of the patients treated in IRB Study #07-0673 is to evaluate the fillings placed according to the following characteristics: Retention; Color match; Cavosurface margin discoloration; Secondary caries; Anatomic form; Marginal adaptation and/or integrity; Post-operative sensitivity.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 82 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subjects who participated in a 2007 study entitled "Clinical Evaluation of New Total-Etch and Self-Etch Dental Adhesives" (UNC IRB Study #07-0673).

Exclusion criteria

• none