self-etch

English

Adjective

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

1. (dentistry) Pertaining to adhesive systems for bonding fillings to teeth that combine the etching and priming phases into a single step.
   • 2014, Michelle Sunico-Segarra, Armin Segarra, A Practical Clinical Guide to Resin Cements, →ISBN, page 30:

     A common step usually ignored in self-etch adhesives is the air-drying after adhesive application.

   • 2015, Zhou Xuedong, Dental Caries: Principles and Management, →ISBN, page 119:

     The self-etch system only makes the smear layer permeable without completely removing it because of the lack of the separate etching step.

   • 2017, Pekka Vallittu, Mutlu Özcan, Clinical Guide to Principles of Fiber-Reinforced Composites in Dentistry, →ISBN, page 90:

     Water is an essential component of self-etch adhesives as it is needed in the ionization of acidic monomers.

Anagrams

• fletches, lechfest