The effects of lasers on bond strength to ceramic materials: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Verónica García-Sanz, Vanessa Paredes-Gallardo, Omel Mendoza-Yero, Miguel Carbonell-Leal, Alberto Albaladejo, José María Montiel-Company and Carlos Bellot-Arcís

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-20

Abstract: Lasers have recently been introduced as an alternative means of conditioning dental ceramic surfaces in order to enhance their adhesive strength to cements and other materials. The present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to review and quantitatively analyze the available literature in order to determine which bond protocols and laser types are the most effective.A search was conducted in the Pubmed, Embase and Scopus databases for papers published up to April 2017. PRISMA guidelines for systematic review and meta-analysis were followed.Fifty-two papers were eligible for inclusion in the review. Twenty-five studies were synthesized quantitatively. Lasers were found to increase bond strength of ceramic surfaces to resin cements and composites when compared with control specimens (p-value

Date: 2018
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