2001 Volume 19 Issue 1 Pages 26-37
Hybridized dentin with resins could work well to bond prostheses to tooth structures. But the function must be more than the bonding of resin to dentin. It could resist acidic demineralization and proteolysis of collagen. The important function of enamel must protect dentin and pulp to keep tooth structure intact. Unfortunately dental hard tissues do not regenerate and do not have a healing process at the prepared surface. This deficiency must provide several problems to dental treatments, which we have not realized. Artificial enamel could be a technologically assisted healing process of dentin, which could certainly prevent infection of the tissue by microorganisms. We have not had such a highly advanced dental material before. Now we could challenge to exterminate caries by hybridization of tooth structure with adhesive resins.
