Use of fluorescent compounds in assessing bonded resin-based restorations: A literature review

D’Alpino, Paulo H.P.; Pereira, José C.; Svizero, Nádia R.; Rueggeberg, Frederick A.; Pashley, David H.

doi:10.1016/j.jdent.2005.12.004

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Volume 34, Issue 9 , Pages 623-634, October 2006

Use of fluorescent compounds in assessing bonded resin-based restorations: A literature review

Paulo H.P. D’Alpino
- Department of Operative Dentistry, Endodontics and Dental Materials, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, S.P., Brazil
José C. Pereira
- Department of Operative Dentistry, Endodontics and Dental Materials, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, S.P., Brazil
Nádia R. Svizero
- Department of Operative Dentistry, Endodontics and Dental Materials, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, S.P., Brazil
Frederick A. Rueggeberg
- Dental Materials, Department of Oral Rehabilitation, School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, United States
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 706 721 3354; fax: +1 706 721 8349.
David H. Pashley
- Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, United States

Received 29 March 2005; received in revised form 16 October 2005; accepted 12 December 2005.

Abstract

Objectives

This work reviews fundamental concepts involved with fluorescent imaging in the dental materials field.

Data

Fluorescent dyes have been widely used: incorporated into adhesive system components, placed in the pulp chamber and allowed to diffuse toward the restorative interface, as well as used as a visible tracer in microleakage tests.

Conclusions

Although use of fluorescent imaging has substantially contributed to the existing knowledge base, there is no standardized methodology used, and as a result, interpretation of study results as well as comparison of results among studies remains questionable.

Keywords: Fluorescent dyes, Fluorescence microscopy, Micropermeability, Microleakage, Hybrid layer