Melt etching outperforms sandblasting -

For stronger and longer lasting dental crowns, a new NIOM study suggests that melt etching is better than sandblasting.

Adhesion of resins to Ag-Pd alloys by means of the silicoating technique. -

The purpose of the investigation was to study the effect of water storage on the bond strengths between silanized, silicoated Ag-Pd alloys and veneered composites, in comparison with the bond strengths of systems with conventional retention beads.