Compatible materials

Here you will find instructions on how to select materials that are compatible with everStick and Stick products. If you need more advice about the compatible resins and composites or require further information, please contact our product managers by email: info(@)sticktech.com or by

phone +358 -2 4808 2500
 
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RESINS

Suitable resins for activation of the fibres:

• All pure light-curing resins i.e. resins without solvents (primers, such as ethanol, acetone and water) or etchants.
  Note: one-bottle systems (primer and resin/adhesive) or self-etchant resins cannot be used.
  

Suitable resins for bonding the composite or fibres to the teeth:

• Primer/resin – bonding agents and one-bottle systems

COMPOSITE CEMENTS

Laboratory-made fibre reinforced structures and everStickPOST root canal posts can be cemented with:

• Dual-curing composite cements (laboratory-made structures and root canal POSTs)
• Chemically-curing cements (laboratory-made structures only)

Note: light-curing composite cements cannot be used.

IPN STRUCTURE in everStick products

everStick products consist of glass fibres and a Bis-GMA/PMMA (polymethylmetacrylate) matrix.
This unique IPN matrix (Interpenetrating Polymer Network) produces the excellent bonding strength of the fibres to composite, adhesives and composite cements. Even during indirect methods in the laboratory, the bond strength achieved is equal to or exceeds that obtained when using direct methods.
 
The IPN matrix can be re-dissolved, i.e. the surface of the polymerised fibre bundle can be re-activated with resin. Re-activated surface bonds reliably to composites.
Re-activation of the fibre frame surface is needed:

1. When cementing laboratory-made constructions
2. When repairing or remodelling fibre structures