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Abstract
Water has a paradoxical role in the process of dentin bonding. While it is important in the initial stages to keep the interfibrillar spaces open for the diffusion of the adhesive monomers, the presence of water negatively interferes with the infiltration of hydrophobic monomers, allowing phase separation. Residual water also negatively interferes with solvent evaporation and monomer-poly…