Effect of Self-etching Adhesives on the Bond Strength of Glass-Ionomer Cements

Zahra Jaberi Ansari1, Narges Panahandeh2, Zahra Sadat Tabatabaei Shafiei3

  • 1Associate professor, Department of Operative Dentistry, Dental School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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