Universal Adhesives - The Evolution Continues for the Ideal Adhesive
Byoung I. Suh, MS, PhD
INTRODUCTION OF UNIVERSAL ADHESIVES
In 2012, dental manufacturers started introducing new “universal” adhesives, which could be used as a total-etch (TE) and self-etch (SE) adhesive, and claimed it could replace all previous generations of adhesives. Ideally, the dream adhesive would satisfy the following criteria: