Several observations have shown that contraction stresses in restorative resins bonded to the enamel of cavity walls readily broke the enamel surrounding the cavities. The forces studied were caused by polymerization contraction, thermal contraction or elastic hysteresis. The bonding was obtained mainly by etching the cavity walls by phosphoric acid.
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