Hybridisation of dental hard tissues with modified adhesive systems

The first section of this work is a review of the literature necessary to understand the objectives of the project; it includes general information about dental adhesive technology as well as adhesion testing, about dentine hybridisation and about the drawbacks of contemporary bonding systems. Several studies revealed excellent immediate and short-term bonding effectiveness of etch-and-rinse adhesives, yet substantial reductions in resindentine bond strength occur after ageing. Degenerative phenomena involve hydrolysis of suboptimally polymerised hydrophilic resin components and degradation of mineral-deprived water-rich resin-sparse collagen matrices by matrix metalloproteinases and cysteine cathepsins.

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De auteur (geboren in Teramo, Italië op 10 augustus 1981) studeerde cum laude af in Tandheelkunde aan de Katholieke Universiteit van Rome, de grootste particuliere universiteit in Europa en tevens een van de meest gerenommeerde opleidingscentra voor gezondheidszorg van het Italiaanse land, en heeft een klinisch doctoraat in biomaterialen van King's College London, VK.