Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Bonding Products

 3M products
Optibond products
Bisco

4th Generation - gold standard. 1 etch 2 rinse 3 prime 4 bond more technique sensitive Top 3
  • 3M Adper Scotchbond Multi-purpose plus
  • Optibond FL
  • All-Bond 2

5th Generation - 1 etch 2 rinse 3 prime and bond. not all adhesives in this category are compatible with DC and SC composites because the lower pH of the oxygen inhibited layer de-activate the tertiary amine in chemical cured composites.
  • Optibond Solo Plus adds a dual cure activator, benzene sulphinic-acid/sodium salt solution, to raise pH.  With that it can bond to DC and SC but the extra chemical lowers bond strength.
  • 3M Adper Single bond plus, Excite, Prime&Bond NT
6th Generation - selective etch products
Type 1 - 1 etch and prime 2 bond.
  • Clearfil SE Bond, AdheSE
Type 2
  • All-Bond SE, Adper Prompt L-Pop, Xeno III
7th Generation - selective etch with a all-in-one consistency
  • Clearfil S3 Bond
  • G-Bond, Futurabond DC, Bond Force, Xeno IV
Universal (2011) Compatible with both total and self etch systems, works with both dual and self cure products, primer for silica and zirconia.
  1. Differs from 7th in that can bond dentin after phosphoric etch due to higher pH
  2. Contains Silane (ceramic) and/or acidic monomer like MDP (zirconia) Tests show coat silane still improves and HF is mostly responsible anyway so not sure much advantage. 1
Scotchbond Universal has silane and phosphate monomer
All-Bond Universal found spot said has phosphate monomer BUT said needs Z-Prime still?? 1
Voco Futrabond U  is DC universal
Generation Dates Dentin Bond
Strength (MPa)
Smear Layer Products
4th Late 1980's 20-35 Removed ALL-BOND 2, OptiBond FL., Adper Scotchbond Multipurpose
5th Early 1990s 20-30 Removed Optibond SOLO Plus, Prime & Bond NT,
Adper Single Bond Plus, Excite
6th Type I Mid-late 1990's 15-35 Modified AdheSE,CLEARFIL SE Bond
6th Type II Mid-late 1990's 10-30 Modified ALL-BOND SE, Adper Prompt L-Pop, Xeno III
7th Early 2000's 20-30 Modified CLEARFIL S3 BOND, G-BOND,Futurabond DC, BOND FORCE, Xeno IV
Universal Late 2011 30-50 Modified Scotchbond Universal, Peak Universal,
ALL-BOND Universal, Optibond XTR,
Prime & Bond Elect



Universal Bonding Agent Shear Bond Strength –
Enamel (MPa)
Shear Bond Strength –
Dentin (MPa)
Optibond XTR 39 47
Scotchbond Universal 26 (SE) / 30 (TE) 41 (SE) / 43 (TE)
ALL-BOND Universal nt 29 (SE) / 39 (TE)
Total Etch and Self Etch
Bonding Agents
Shear Bond Strength –
Enamel (MPa)
Superficial Dentin-(MPa)
Kerr Optibond All In One 26.3 40.4
3M ESPE Adper Scotchbond SE 34 33
All Bond TE 22 34
Table 3: Universal, Total Etch and Self Etch bonding agents tested using the Ultradent Shear Test. (“nt” = not tested, “SE” = self-etch, “TE” = total-etch)




Bryan Bauer, DDS, FAGD                                                                
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