Resin Cements
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About resin cements
Resin cements are the most recent luting material developed for dentistry, and they can form a chemical bond with dentine and enamel. They divide into adhesive cements, used after the tooth is etched with phosphoric acid and an adhesive is applied, and self-adhesive cements, which call for neither step except on enamel. A self-adhesive cement carries components such as MDP that bond to the tooth and to the restoration at the same time, and a review notes that glass ceramics still need the etching and silane layer. They are also grouped as chemical-cure, light-cure or dual-cure, and a dual-cure cement holds both chemical and light initiators, so its catalyst finishes hardening the cement where light cannot reach.
Resin-based rather than water-based, and chemically similar to composite filling material. A restoration cemented adhesively has to be sectioned to come off.
Sources: Heboyan et al. 2023, Dental Luting Cements: An Updated Comprehensive Review (Molecules)