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Applied Adhesion Science

Table 2 Frequency distributions of the adhesive remnant index (ARI) scores

From: Evaluation of shear strength of brackets with different dental composites and enamel roughness

Composite

ARI scores (%)

0

1

2

3

Transbond XT

0

39.9

53.4

6.7

Filtek Z100

0

26.6

66.7

6.7

Filtek P90

6.7

53.4

26.6

13.3

Venus Diamond

0

13.3

26.6

60.1

  1. The ARI scale has a range between 0 and 3. 0, indicates that no bonding resin on the tooth; 1, indicates that less than half of the bonding resin remained on the tooth; 2, indicates that more than half of the bonding resin remained on the tooth and 3, indicates that all bonding resin remained on the tooth, with a distinct impression of the bracket mesh
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