self-etch

adj

self-etch

adj

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Dentistry, Medicine, Sciences Pertaining to adhesive systems for bonding fillings to teeth that combine the etching and priming phases into a single step.

A common step usually ignored in self-etch adhesives is the air-drying after adhesive application.2014, Michelle Sunico-Segarra, Armin Segarra, A Practical Clinical Guide to Resin Cements, →ISBN, page 30:
The self-etch system only makes the smear layer permeable without completely removing it because of the lack of the separate etching step.2015, Zhou Xuedong, Dental Caries: Principles and Management, →ISBN, page 119:

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Water is an essential component of self-etch adhesives as it is needed in the ionization of acidic monomers.2017, Pekka Vallittu, Mutlu Özcan, Clinical Guide to Principles of Fiber-Reinforced Composites in Dentistry, →ISBN, page 90:

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