Table 1.
North Carolina dentin sclerosis scale.
Fig 1.
Representative 3D images of non-carious sclerotic dentin surfaces in all groups.
(A) The control group without any treatment; (B) Adper Easy One adhesive treatment; (C) Diamond bur polishing followed by the application.of Adper Easy One adhesive; (D, E, F, G, H, and I) Er,Cr:YSGG laser irradiation at 1W, 2W, 3W, 4W, 5W, and 6 W, respectively, and followed by the application of Adper Easy One adhesive.
Fig 2.
Mean surface roughness values of non-carious sclerotic dentin in all groups.
(A) The control group without any treatment; (B) Adper Easy One adhesive treatment; (C) Diamond bur polishing followed by the application.of Adper Easy One adhesive; (D, E, F, G, H, and I) Er,Cr:YSGG laser irradiation at 1W, 2W, 3W, 4W, 5W, and 6 W, respectively, and followed by the application of Adper Easy One adhesive.
Fig 3.
SEM micrographs of non-carious sclerotic dentin in all groups.
(A) The control group without any treatment; (B) Adper Easy One adhesive treatment; (C) Diamond bur polishing followed by Adper Easy One adhesive application; (D, E, F, G, H, and I) Er,Cr:YSGG laser irradiation at 1W, 2W, 3W, 4W, 5W, and 6 W, respectively, and followed by Adper Easy One adhesive application. (magnification, 5000×).
Fig 4.
Mean percentages of open tubule areas of non-carious sclerotic dentin in all groups.
(A) The control group without any treatment; (B) Adper Easy One adhesive treatment; (C) Diamond bur polishing followed by Adper Easy One adhesive application. (D, E, F, G, H, and I) Er,Cr:YSGG laser irradiation at 1W, 2W, 3W, 4W, 5W, and 6 W, respectively, and followed by Adper Easy One adhesive application.
Table 2.
Micro-shear bond strength to non-carious sclerotic dentin in different groups (Mpa).