Re: New Millenium Bonding

if you search the net and dental litreature very carefully you will find plenty of litreature which does not show self-etching systems in good light. the post operative sensitivity is less beacuse the penetration of seld -etching systems in the dentinal tubules is less.

if properly done even total etch systems give excellent results with almost no post-operative sensitivity. the main point to be kept in mind is that dentin should not be excessively dried.

self-etching systems are more of a marketing gimmick. The market is the final answer. If self-etching systems outperform total-etch systems in most parameters than total-etch systems would have been out of the market from now.

The bond strength of self-etching systems is low.

But with dentistry changing every fortnight I am sure very soon self-etching systems will provide reults comparable and even better than total etch systems.

hope this helps,

regards,

veerendra darakh