Evaluation of alternative monomers to HEMA for dental applications

2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) is the most frequently used hydrophilic monofunctional monomer that can be found in various dental materials such as dental adhesives, resin-modified glass ionomer cements (RMGICs) or luting composites [1,2]. Depending on the etching process, dental adhesives can be classified into two main categories: total-etch (TEAs) and self-etch adhesives (SEAs) [3 –5]. When using TEAs, the dental hard tissues are typically etched using a phosphoric acid gel prior to the infiltration of an adhesive resin.

Source: Dental Materials - May 18, 2017 Category: Materials Science Authors: Sven Tauscher, J örg Angermann, Yohann Catel, Norbert Moszner Source Type: research