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Tokuyama Dental has developed various dental bonding agents: Palfique, Tokuyama Dental's first bonding agent was introduced in 1983; Tokuso Mac-Bond II, a self-etching bonding agent was introduced in 1997; and One-Up Bond F, a single-step bonding agent that does not require any pretreatment was introduced in 1999. Also, Tokuyama Dental has developed adhesive resin cements, such as, Bistite II (1998) and Multibond (2001), and ceramics and metal restoration primers such as, Tokuso Ceramic Primer (1993) and Metaltite (1998).
This article deals with Tokuyama Dental's original key technologies and materials that have played central roles in the company's research and development of these adhesives over the last 20 years.