[Studies on dental self-curing resins (20) - adhesion mechanism of 4-META/MMA-TBB resin to dentine (author's transl)].

Scanning electron microscopic studies on dentine surface cleaned with a mixture of citric acid and ferric chloride, fractured surfaces parallel to the tubules of dentine and dentine with the cured adhesive and the partially demineralized fractured surfaces, tensile fractured surface of the joint on the dentine and cured adhesive resin tags impregnated in tubules were carried out to clarify the adhesion mechanism. Infiltration of monomers into dentine is more important to get good adhesion with dentine than the interlocking at dentinal tubules due to impregnated resin. Monomers with both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups like 4-META promote the monomer infiltration. The infiltrated and cured adhesive layer in dentine is observed at the subsurface dentine zone. This zone has excellent resistance against acid demineralization.