Introduction: The placement and removal of dental trauma splints can be challenging in paediatric dental patients especially in emergency cases. An ideal adhesive material which offer simplified and time-saving dental splint procedures is preferred.
Objective: This in-vitro study aimed to evaluate the effect of different adhesive materials on working time during the placement and removal of dental trauma splints.
Method: Eight types of adhesive materials (packable composite resin with self-etch and etch-and-rinse, flowable composite resin with self-etch and etch-and-rinse, self-cure and light-cure RMGIC, and temporary and semi-permanent GIC) were investigated. The working time during the placement and removal of dental trauma splints was recorded in seconds(s) by using a stopwatch.
Results: Data were analyzed with One-way ANOVA and showed that there were significant differences in working time during placement (p
Key words: Keywords: adhesive materials, dental trauma splints, splint placement, splint removal
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