In Vitro Properties of Orthodontic Adhesives with Fluoride or Amorphous Calcium Phosphate

Table 1

Details of sample numbers.

XPS samples prepared from 10 premolars	The 119 sites tested were distributed as follows:
	Group 1a (middle tooth sections) controls with no pH cycling (16 sites)*
	Group 1b (middle tooth sections) controls with no composite, pH cycled (16 sites)*
	Group 2 Transbond XT (resin control, pH cycled) (29 sites)**
	Group 3 Quick Cure (resin with fluoride, pH cycled) (29 sites)**
	Group 4 Aegis Ortho (resin with ACP, pH cycled) (29 sites)**
	*4 lateral teeth segments × 2 sites for each tooth (top and
	bottom) × 2 time points [day 1 (T1) and then at day 28 (T2)] = 16 Sites.
	**4 lateral teeth segments × 2 sites at T1 (top and bottom) and
	4 lateral teeth segments × 3 sites at T2 (top, middle under the
	resin, and bottom) + 3 lateral teeth segments × 3 sites repeated
	for interobserver reliability = 29 sites
PLM samples prepared from 30 premolars	For each of the four groups (control, Transbond XT, Quick Cure,
	and Aegis Ortho), there were 8 lateral tooth segments with
	multiple slices prepared for PLM at day 42.