• No Etching. No Rinsing. No Priming. No Mixing.
  • Bonds to dentin and prepared enamel
  • Effortless composite bonding
  • No post-op sensitivity
  • Use with self or light cure composites
  • 3 micron film thickness, ideal for indirect restorations

Let's say you've finished prepping the tooth, so now you're ready to bond.

Using the special pledget (or Precision Applicator micro brush) that comes with the kit, simply apply Touch&Bond® to the dentin and enamel surfaces you're bonding to. (By the way, the surfaces can be damp or dry.)

There's no acid-etching. No rinsing. No priming. No mixing. And there's no need to change soggy cotton rolls.

Let Touch&Bond sit on the tooth for 20 seconds. Then gently blow it with your air syringe for 3-5 seconds. Use the same sponge or applicator to apply another coat. Dry it with your syringe immediately, and light cure for 10 seconds with a halogen light. (Not compatible with PAC or LED lights.)

That's it. You're done. The tooth is now ready for composite buildup. The entire procedure takes maybe a minute.

The secret is in the sponges
Actually, we don't call them "sponges."

"Pledget activators" sounds more impressive. And besides, they're not mere sponges. They're small polyurethane applicators impregnated with a special co-initiator (sodium p-toluenesulfinate•4-H20) that starts the process.

The instant the pledget touches the 4-META-based liquid, it triggers a complex penetration-and-polymerization reaction. The adhesive's 4-META molecules infiltrate the smear-layer left by your bur to grab the sound tooth structure below. Your curing light then completes polymerization. (To give you another option, the kit includes Precision Applicator micro brushes that you can use to apply the initiated liquid.)

The result is the kind of 4-META hybrid-layer bond and tooth-protecting biological seal that once required complex etching, rinsing and priming.

Frankly, advertisers spend way too much time touting results of their latest bond strength tests. Most researchers admit that nobody knows how these numbers relate to clinical performance. Nevertheless, for those of you who care, Touch&Bond does very well in the research lab with published microtensile bond strengths of 22.4 MPa (3250 psi) to dentin.

More significantly: In all clinical trials conducted on two continents, there wasn't a single case reported of post-op sensitivity. Not one.

Less than a buck per application

At $99, the kit includes a bottle of Touch&Bond (about 175 drops), 175 activator pledgets in a nifty little plastic organizer that keeps everything together, ready for the next procedure, and 50 Precision Applicators.

Of course the precise cost-per-application will vary according to the size of your restoration. A large posterior composite may require a full drop of Touch&Bond. On the other hand, if you're restoring a series of cervicals, a single drop and one pledget will probably handle two or three Class V's.

Parkell's 3-Month Risk-Free trial

Like all of Parkell's 4-META-based adhesives, Touch&Bond comes with a 3-month money back trial. Simply pay within a month, and if you decide it's not what you're looking for, call us anytime during the trial. We'll have the remaining material picked up at our expense and we'll give you all your money back ... including the shipping charges.

  • Touch&Bond® Composite Bonding System
    Stock No. S280 Contains Touch&Bond liquid (5.5 ml), 175 activator pledgets, 50 mini-brushes in organizer

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