Bonding technique for ceramic brackets containing composite incorporated into the base – apc plus system

Vol. 1 – Number 1 – 2008 Featured clinical and laboratory procedures Pages 99-110 Bonding technique for ceramic brackets containing composite incorporated into the base – apc plus system Matheus Melo Pithon* Márlio Vinícius de Oliveira** Antônio Carlos de Oliveira Ruellas*** Eduardo Franzotti Sant’anna**** Luiz Antônio Alves Bernardes***** Fábio Lourenço Romano****** Pithon, MM; Oliveira, MV de; Ruellas, AC de O; Sant’anna, EF; Bernardes, LAA; Romano, FL. Bonding technique for ceramic brackets containing composite incorporated into the base – apc plus system. 2008;1(1); 99-110. The evolution of orthodontic materials needs to be constantly followed up by the practitioner. In view of this, the aim of the present study was to demonstrate the bonding technique using Clarity ceramic brackets (3M Unitek) with composite incorporated into the base – APC Plus System (3M Unitek). Prior to the bonding process, Transbond Plus Self Etching Primer (3M Unitek) was used as an enamel conditioning agent. All the bonding technique using such materials was illustrated and each step involved was also detailed, thus emphasising the clinically interesting aspects as well as their characteristics and manipulation. Key-words: orthodontic brackets, dental bonding, orthodontics. * Specialist in Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Alfenas – UNIFAL; MSc in Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ. ** Specialist in Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Alfenas – UNIFAL. *** MSc and PhD in Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ; Adjunct Professor of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ; Professor of the specialty course in Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Alfenas – UNIFAL. **** MSc and PhD in Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ; Adjunct Professor of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ. ***** MSc in Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ; Professor of the Specialization Course in Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Alfenas – UNIFAL; Diplomate of the Brazilian Board of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. ****** MSc and PhD student in Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Piracicaba State University of Campinas – UNICAMP; Professor of the Specialization Course in Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Alfenas – UNIFAL.