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self-etch

self-etch adjective: pertaining to adhesive systems for bonding fillings to teeth that combine the etching and priming phases into a single step.

Adjective

self-etch (comparative more self-etch, superlative most self-etch)

  1. Pertaining to adhesive systems for bonding fillings to teeth that combine the etching and priming phases into a single step.
    • A common step usually ignored in self-etch adhesives is the air-drying after adhesive application.2014, Michelle Sunico-Segarra, Armin Segarra, A Practical Clinical Guide to Resin Cements, →ISBN, page 30
    • The self-etch system only makes the smear layer permeable without completely removing it because of the lack of the separate etching step.2015, Zhou Xuedong, Dental Caries: Principles and Management, →ISBN, page 119

Forms of self-etch

comparativemore self-etch
superlativemost self-etch

Questions about self-etch

What does self-etch mean?
Self-etch means pertaining to adhesive systems for bonding fillings to teeth that combine the etching and priming phases into a single step.
What part of speech is self-etch?
Self-etch is an adjective.

Words near self-etch in the dictionary

  1. self-esteem
  2. self-esteeming
  3. self-esteems
  4. self-esterification
  5. self-esterifications
  6. self-etch
  7. self-evacuate
  8. self-evacuated
  9. self-evacuates
  10. self-evacuating
  11. self-evacuation

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