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Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor

Thank you for forwarding to me the letter from Dr Huntley, who raised some interesting points regarding the use of SEP for bonding molar teeth. We did not investigate this in our study as we wished to compare our results with previous papers which all excluded molars. I agree that a separate trial looking at molar bonding would be valuable.

We previously investigated molar tubes bonded with Rely-A-Bond adhesive with higher than expected failure rates (over 33%),¹ but a subsequent audit comparing first molar Speed tubes bonded with conventional etch and with Transbond Plus SEP, produced first time failure rates of 9.7 and 10.8% respectively.² My colleagues and I now use SEP routinely and agree that the ease and effectiveness in molar bonding is one of its greatest benefits. I would like to thank Dr Huntley for his interest in our paper.

References

1 Banks P, Macfarlane TV. Bonded versus banded first molar attachments: a randomized controlled clinical trial. J Orthod 2007; 34: 128–36.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

2 Banks P. Bonded first molar tube failure rates. British Orthodontic Society Clinical Effectiveness Bulletin 2006; 19: 18.

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