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Total-etch adhesive bonding of a chairside CAD/CAM glass ceramic overlay before and after
March 1, 2022
Dr. Stergios Zafiriadis, DDS

Clinical Case: Total-etch Adhesive Bonding of a Chairside CAD/CAM Glass Ceramic Overlay

Using 3M™ Scotchbond™ Universal Plus Adhesive and 3M™ RelyX™ Universal Resin Cement.

About the Case

The 61-year-old female patient had a fractured cusp and secondary caries on tooth 35. The tooth was restored with a Straumann® n!ce® A2 HT overlay manufactured in a chairside CAD/CAM process. 3M™ Scotchbond™ Universal Plus Adhesive was used as restoration primer and tooth adhesive with a total-etch technique. 3M™ RelyX™ Universal Resin Cement was used as the cement.

Initial situation

Initial situation.

Preparation

Preparation.

Try-in of glass ceramic overlay

Try-in of glass ceramic overlay.

HF etching

HF etching.

Application of adhesive

Application of 3M™ Scotchbond™ Universal Plus Adhesive as silane primer.

Preparation ready for bonding

Preparation ready for bonding.

Total-etch

Total-etch technique using 3M™ Scotchbond™ Universal Etchant.

Application of adhesive

Application of 3M™ Scotchbond™ Universal Plus Adhesive.

Application of cement

Application of 3M™ RelyX™ Universal Resin Cement.

Sealing of the restoration

Sealing of the restoration.

Excess cement clean-up

Excess cement clean-up.

Light curing

Light curing.

Final result

Final result.

Dr. Stergios Zafiriadis

Dr. Stergios Zafiriadis

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