The objective was to evaluate the most prevalent habits in patients with non-carious cervical lesions, through an epidemiological study. This is an epidemiological study of a cross-sectional nature, in which the deleterious habits of patients with non-carious cervical lesions were observed, through the application of a questionnaire in the dental clinic at a university in Ceará. Such participants are Brazilian,...
Due to its multifactorial origin, temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are not yet known for sure, but it is already known that there are many initiating, predisposing and perpetuating factors that contribute to the progression of this disorder. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of deleterious oral habits with temporomandibular disorders in pediatric patients. The sample size calculation was 70...
LEMOS, M. V. S. Avaliação de agentes bioativos para o aprimoramento da interface de união em substrato dentinário. 2020. 105 f. Tese (Doutorado em Odontologia) - Faculdade de Farmácia, Odontologia e Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, 2020.; The development of adhesive materials enabled a revolution in the practice of restorative dentistry, allowing the replacement of standardized and invasive...
Introduction: finishing and polishing of composite resins (CR) can directly interfere with the roughness of these materials, being related to bacterial plaque adhesion, staining, gloss and smoothness. Objective: to compare the surface roughness of two CR, a micro-hybrid (Filtek Z250) and a nanoparticulate (Filtek Z350) after finishing and polishing. Methods: using a metal matrix, fifteen disks of each CR were m...
Introduction: The use of different polyphenols in the increase of the mechanical properties of dentin collagen has been widely used, thus, tannic acid being a polyphenol with very pronounced biological proprieties. Objective: to evaluate the biomodifying potential of tannic acid (AT) in different concentrations in dentin collagen. Methods: the factors under investigation were modulus of elasticity, measured by ...
The aim was to assess dentin adhesion and physicochemical properties of experimental etch-and-rinse and self-etch adhesives doped with epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a well-known collagen crosslinker obtained from green tea (Camellia sinensis). Experimental adhesives were prepared without (0 wt%), with 0.1 or 0.5 wt% EGCG addition. Their degree of conversion was surveyed by FTIR, and bar-shaped specimens we...
Minimally invasive dentistry has been prioritizing more conservative cavity preparations. For this reason, the employment of strategies as dentin biomodification, to ameliorate the mechanical properties of resin-dentin interface and to protect collagen fibrils from biodegradation, is highlighted as a promising technique. The present study aimed to evaluate the influence of different natural biomodification agen...