Abstract:

BACKGROUND: With constantly improvement of adhesive material and updating the adhesive technology, the clinical application of the adhesive repair was increasingly widespread. The synthetic resin bonded on the enamel, dentin, ceramics, metal and polymer and the cement on the enamel, dentin and metal, has become the conventional dental treatment.
OBJECTIVE: To explore the research in the adhesive materials in the dental repair.
METHODS: A computer online retrieval was performed to search papers regarding the adhesive material of the dental repair, using key words of “dental repair, adhesive material, dental adhesive or dental bonding agent, synthetic resin, cement, enamel adhesive, dentin adhesive, zinc polycarboxylate cement, glass ionomer cement, resin-modified glass ionomer cement” in both Chinese and English. According to inclusion criteria, the synthetic resin and the cement adhesive material were summarized to further analyze the adhesive materials for dental repair.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Now the clinical dental adhesive materials can be divided into two categories: synthetic resins and cement. The synthetic resins include dentin bonding agent and enamel bonding agent. The cement includes inorganic cement, zinc polycarboxylate cement, glass ionomer cement, resin-modified glass ionomer cement. With the development of dental medicine and social population aging, there will be more demands for dental material, and higher requirements for the adhesive material. Therefore, the bonding material plays the important role in the dental material research.