The effect of glove contamination on the bond strength of resin to enamel
Brian J. Sanders / Adam Pollock / James A. Weddell / Keith Moore

Over the past twenty years infection control protocol has evolved and use of gloves is now mandatory.
Practitioners have become aware of potential interactions between the latex gloves and many of the dental material used as well as the potential for contamination from the gloves. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the shear bond strength of bonded restorations to enamel of uncontaminated and contaminated resin adhesive with powder free and powdered latex gloves. The results of the study demonstrated that the resin bonding agent that was in contact with either powdered or non- powdered latex gloves did not have a significant effect on the shear bond strength of the bonded restoration.