Tokuyama Universal Bond

Overview

• 33 Clinical Evaluators
• 686 Total Uses
• 92% Clinical Rating

Evaluators’ Comments

• “Great product. Easy to apply, fast, and no wait time.”
• “I like that you don’t have to light-cure.”
• “Good viscosity with minimal film thickness, making it easy to apply.”
• “A wonderful material for deeper preparations and post and core build-up placement.”
• “Fantastic spread of flowable restorative composite across the bonding agent.”
• “Excellent for intra/extra oral repair of porcelain and great for hard-to-reach places.”
• “I liked that I could use it as the primer for zirconia and lithium disilicate crowns.”
• “Great versatility and the flexibility to use in any etching mode.”
• “I didn’t like having to refrigerate it.”
• “It was difficult to dispense perfect drops from both bottles.”
  

Indications

• Bonding of direct anterior and posterior composite restorations
• Intraoral repair of composite restorations, porcelain-fused-to-metal, metal, and all ceramic restorations
• Cementation of indirect restorations and veneers when combined with light-cured, dual-cured or self-cured resin cements
• Bonding of core build-ups and opaque resin-to-metal during fabrication of resin-faced crowns
• Bonding of denture resin to a metal base, clasp or attachment

Clinical Tips

• The color helps to ensure the bonding agent is placed exactly.
• Make sure the area is dry.
• Use a different bonding agent to “wet” your plastic instrument when placing composites.

Description

Tokuyama Universal Bond is a universal bonding agent that:

• Can be used with self-etch, selective etch, or total etch techniques
• Provides high-bond strength and reliable bonding for direct and indirect restorations, core build-ups, and for the intraoral repair of restorations
• Has is no wait time after application, as it is self-curing

Unique Attributes

• Compatible with light-curing, dual-curing and self-curing composites without use of additional activators.
• Suitable for use as a primer for silica-based, zirconia-based and metallic restorations.
• Self-cured chemistry provides reliable bond in deep preparations, posts and core-build ups that are difficult to reach with a curing light.
• 25-second application and no wait time after application.