Bond strength evaluation on dental structures after non-thermal plasma treatment

摘要

This study aims to evaluate the potential of atmospheric pressure non-thermal plasma technology (NPT) to enhance the adhesive bond strength on normative dentin substrates. Two different microplasma jets were used in our experiments, a direct-current driven microhollow cathode discharge jet operated in air and a rf-driven jet operated in Ar. Other gas mixtures, e.g. He/O2 are also being explored.