Abstract
The influences of the kinds and concentrations of the aldehydes in the primer on dentin adhesion were investigated. Moreover, the durability of the adhesion to the dentin treated with primer was examined by thermal cycling tests.
Among the aldehyde tested here, glutaraldehyde was effective in improving the adhesion to dentin etched with citric acid. When HEMA was substituted with ethanol, the bond strengths decreased. The relationship between the bond strength and the concentration of glutaraldehyde in the primer was studied. In the cases of phosphoric acid or citric acid etching, the bond strengths were affected by the concentration of glutaraldehyde in the primer. The bond strengths decreased after 2000 thermocycles in phosphoric acid etching.
