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DENTAL I7~2
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of around l|i.m for a'mild'self-etch approach (pH 2) {Fig. lb), (c) an interaction depth between 1 and 2n.m for an 'intermediately strong' self-etch approach (pH between 1 and 2; not shown), and (d) to an interaction of several micrometers deep for a 'strong' self-etch approach (pH < 1) (Fig. lc). Only with the strong self-etch adhesives typical resin tags are formed at dentin, while they are hardly formed with mild and ultra-mild self-etch adhesives or at maximum the smear plugs get slightly demineralised and subsequently resin-infiltrated. The actual bonding performance attained by self-etch adhesives varies a great deal, depending not only on the actual class of self-etch adhesives, but certainly also on the actual composition and more specific on the actual functional monomer included in the adhesive formulation (see below).