Research Article

Sodium Hypochlorite as Fluorotic Dentin Pretreatment of Two-Step Self-Etch Adhesive with Silver Nanoparticle: Atomic Force Microscope and Adhesive Microtensile Bond Strength Evaluation

Table 7

Mean microtensile bond strength (μTBS) of the study groups after different self-etching techniques.

HealthyMildModerate

(1) SE (control)15.62 ± 8.8918.22 ± 14.9111.22 ± 8.58
(2) NaOCl/SE11.30 ± 7.7913.90 ± 11.0312.81 ± 12.78
(3) NaOCl/SE + NaAg22.37 ± 21.729.70 ± 6.238.46 ± 4.81

Results show means ± SD expressed in MPa.