Clinical Performance of a One-step Self-etch Adhesive in Non-carious Cervical Lesions at 2 Years

Objectives: One-step self-etch adhesives are the latest adhesives introduced into the market. The aim of this randomized controlled clinical trial was to test the hypothesis that a one-step self-etch adhesive performs equally well as a two-step etch-and-rinse adhesive. Materials and methods: Thirty two patients with 96 non-carious cervical lesions received composite-resin restorations (Tetric Evo Ceram - Ivoclar/Vivadent), which were bonded either with a one-step self-etch adhesive (AdheSE One - Ivoclar/Vivadent) with or without enamel etching, or with a two-step etch-and-rinse adhesive (ExiTE - Ivoclar/Vivadent). All restorations were evaluated by two examiners at baseline, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months regarding retention, caries recurrence, marginal integrity and discoloration. Retention loss, severe marginal defects and/or discoloration that needed intervention (repair or replacement) and occurrence of caries, were considered as clinical failures. A logistic regression analysis with generalized estimating equations was used to account for the clustered data (three restorations per patient).