Este trabalho, conduzido na forma de 2 subprojetos, avaliou: 1) o potencial preventivo de pastas à base de hidroxiapatita (nanopartículas de fosfato de cálcio) sobre a erosão e a abrasão do esmalte e dentina bovinos in vitro e in situ e 2) o efeito de um bochecho com solução de lactato de cálcio antes da escovação com dentifrício fluoretado sobre a erosão associada ou não à abrasão do esmalte e dentina bovinos in vitro e in situ. Na fase in vitro do 1o subprojeto, submeteram-se blocos de esmalte e dentina bovinos, por 5 dias, à erosão (coca-cola, pH 2,6, 4x/dia, 90s cada) + abrasão (escova elétrica + solução do dentifrício sem flúor, 10s cada, 2x/dia) e os tratamentos foram realizados após a abrasão, através da aplicação das seguintes pastas sobre os blocos (3 min, 2x/dia): 10% HAP, 10% HAP + 0,2% NaF, 20% HAP, 20% HAP + 0,2% NaF, 20% HAP + 2% NaF, placebo, 0,2% NaF, 2% NaF, MI paste, MI paste plus e controle. Na fase in situ, (4 fases, 5 dias/cada), 12 voluntários utilizaram dispositivo intrabucal palatino contendo 4 blocos de dentina e 4 de esmalte bovinos divididos nas condições: erosão e erosão+abrasão. Em cada fase foi feito tratamento com uma das seguintes pastas: 10% HAP, 10% HAP + 0,2% NaF, MI paste plus ou Placebo. O protocolo erosivo e abrasivo foi semelhante ao in vitro. No 2o subprojeto, a fase in vitro foi semelhante ao subprojeto 1, porém apresentou as condições erosão e erosão+abrasão. O estudo compreendeu os seguintes tratamentos: BCa + DF, BCa + DP, BP + DF e BP + DP. Após erosão, os blocos foram imersos em água deionizada (BP) ou solução de lactato de cálcio 150 mM (BCa; 1 min, sob agitação). Na condição erosão apenas, a solução de dentifrício fluoretado (DF) ou placebo (DP) foi pipetada sobre as amostras. A fase in situ foi semelhante ao experimento in vitro, porém com 15 voluntários e escovação por 15 s. A variável de resposta para os 2 subprojetos foi a análise de desgaste, avaliada por perfilometria (&#x3BC;m) e para a fase in situ do 1o subprojeto foi realizada também a análise por MEV-EDS. Os dados foram analisados pelos testes ANOVA/Tukey, Kruskal-Wallis/Dunn ou ANOVA a dois critérios/Bonferroni (p<0,05). In vitro, para o esmalte, as pastas à base de hidroxiapatita (10 e 20%), independentemente da presença do F, foram efetivas na prevenção da erosão associada à abrasão. Para a dentina, o efeito protetor foi encontrado apenas para as pastas contendo F, maior para aquelas com concentração mais elevada. In situ, apenas a pasta contendo 10% HAP foi efetiva para reduzir a erosão em esmalte quando comparada à pasta placebo. Nas demais condições testadas nenhuma das pastas utilizadas diferiu significativamente da placebo. Para o segundo subprojeto, o BCa + DF teve um efeito protetor apenas para a erosão de esmalte e dentina in vitro. Para a erosão associada à abrasão in vitro, assim como no estudo in situ, não houve diferença significativa entre os tratamentos. / This study, conducted in the form of two subprojects, evaluated: 1) the preventive potential of hydroxyapatite-based (calcium phosphate nanoparticles) pastes on erosion and abrasion of bovine enamel and dentin in vitro e in situ and 2) the effect of rinsing with a solution of calcium lactate before brushing with fluoride toothpaste on erosion associated or not with abrasion of bovine enamel and dentin in vitro e in situ. In the in vitro phase of the 1st subproject, bovine enamel and dentin blocks were submitted to erosion (coca-cola, pH 2.6, 4x/day, 90s each) + abrasion (electric toothbrush + fluoride-free toothpaste slurry, 10s each, 2x/day) for 5 days. Treatments were performed after abrasion, by applying the following pastes on the blocks (3 min, 2x/day): 10% HAP, 10% HAP + 0.2% NaF, 20% HAP, 20% HAP + 0.2% NaF, 20% HAP + 2% NaF, placebo, 0.2% NaF, 2% NaF, MI paste, MI paste plus and control. In the in situ phase (4 phases, 5 days each), 12 volunteers used intraoral palatal appliance containing four blocks of dentin and four blocks enamel divided into conditions erosion and erosion+abrasion. In each phase, treatment was done with one of the following pastes: 10% HAP, 10% HAP + 0.2% NaF, MI paste plus or Placebo. The erosive and abrasive protocol was similar to the in vitro phase. In the 2nd subproject, the in vitro phase was similar to subproject 1, but presented both conditions erosion and erosion + abrasion. The study included the following treatments: BCa + DF, BCa + DP, BP + DF e BP + DP. After erosion, the blocks were immersed in deionized water (BP) or calcium lactate solution 150 mM (BCa; 1 min, stirring). For the condition erosion only, the slurry of fluoride (DF) or placebo (DP) dentifrice was pipetted on the samples. The in situ phase was similar to the in vitro experiment, but 15 volunteers were included and brushing was conducted for 15 s. The response variable for the two subprojects was wear, evaluated by profilometry (&#x3BC;m). For the in situ phase of the 1st subproject, SEM-EDS was also performed. Data were analyzed by ANOVA/Tukey, Kruskal-Wallis/Dunn or two-way ANOVA/Bonferroni tests (p <0.05). In vitro , for enamel, 10 and 20% hydroxyapatitebased pastes, regardless the presence of F, were effective in preventing erosion associated with abrasion. For dentin, the protective effect was found only for Fcontaining paste and the effect was higher for those with higher F concentration. In situ, only pastes containing 10% HAP were effective in reducing enamel erosion as compared to the placebo paste. For the other tested conditions, none of the pastes used significantly differed from placebo. For the second subproject, the BCa + DF had a protective effect only for enamel and dentin erosion in vitro . For erosion associated with abrasion in vitro , as well as for the in situ study, no significant differences were detected among the treatments.

Estudo experimental sobre a alterabilidade de basaltos das fundações da Usina Hidrelétrica de Três Irmãos constou da execução de ensaios de alteração, por ciclos de saturação e secagem, e de abrasão \"Los Angeles\" efetuados após ensaios de alteração. O ensaio de abrasão \"Los Angeles\" foi adotado como parâmetro mecânico auxiliar na quantificação da desagregação. Análises granulométricas também foram utilizadas com o mesmo objetivo. Foram executados, ainda, ensaios físico-mecânicos e análises petrográficas para a caracterização tecnológica das amostras. A distribuição dos valores de perda de massa por alteração e por abrasão, em função do tempo (ciclos), e as distribuições granulométricas apresentadas após esses ensaios, permitiram avaliar com clareza a desagregabilidade das amostras. Aos resultados das perdas de massa por alteração e por abrasão foram aplicados critérios de cálculo sugeridos por diferentes autores, para fixar índices de alterabilidade de rochas. Os índices adotados permitiram estabelecer a seqüência de alterabilidade dos basaltos estudados. A partir dos resultados obtidos no estudo, foi possível, ainda, estabelecer uma proposta de procedimento para avaliar a alterabilidade de rochas, com contribuição para normalização de ensaios de alteração. / An experimental study on the alterability of basalts from Três Irmãos Hydroelectric Dam foundation was performed by means of alteration test, and \"Los Angeles\" abrasion tests carried out after the samples have been submitted to alteration test. L.A. test was adopted as a mechanical parameter in order to quantify the disaggregation. Grain size analyses were also used as a complementary quantification form. Additionally, some physico-mechanical standard tests and petrographical analyses were done for the technological characterization of the various samples. The distribution of values of mass loss due to alteration and abrasion, with the time (cicles), and the grain size distribution presented, after those tests, allowed the evaluation of disaggregation of the studied samples. Several criteria of calculations, as suggested by different authors, were used to define alterability indexes. The indexes adopted allowed to evaluate properly the alterability of the studied basaltic rocks. The results here obtained provided conditions to stablish a proposition of a standard procedure to evaluate rock alterability through experimental tests.

Les nanomatériaux manufacturés (comme les nanoparticules d’oxydes métalliques, les nanotubes de carbone, les nanofibres etc.) possèdent des propriétés remarquables qui leur confèrent des applications industrielles innovantes. Néanmoins, ces nouveaux matériaux soulèvent des inquiétudes vis à vis de leurs potentiels risques. Ces nanomatériaux manufacturés connaissent une production et une commercialisation croissantes. Par conséquent, de plus en plus de personnes sont potentiellement exposées à ces nanomatériaux (aussi bien les consommateurs que les opérateurs) à travers les aérosols qui pourraient être émis au cours du cycle de vie du matériau. L’une des approches possibles de réduction de risque serait la prévention de l’émission qui consisterait en une conception réfléchie du matériau avec un compromis performance/sûreté. La thèse présentée ici suit cette approche. Il s’agit de comprendre le phénomène et les mécanismes d’émission des nanomatériaux manufacturés à l’aide d’outils théoriques et expérimentaux. Le dispositif expérimental développé au cours de cette étude vise (i) à reproduire à l’échelle laboratoire des activités en conditions réelles, (ii) à identifier les mécanismes d’émission, et (iii) à mener simultanément des analyses qualitatives et quantitatives* des nanomatériaux manufacturés émis. Pour la sollicitation mécanique, le procédé d’abrasion a été choisi ; quant au vieillissement environnemental, le choix s’est porté sur un procédé d’exposition accélérée aux rayons d’UV en présence d’humidité et de chaleur. Les résultats suggèrent que les entités microscopiques présentes à la surface d’un matériau (appelées aspérités ou rugosités) subissent globalement 4 types de mécanismes d’enlèvement pendant l’abrasion, suivant la variation de 18 paramètres (liés au matériau et au procédé). Ces mécanismes déterminent la forme, la taille et le nombre de particules de l’aérosol émis. De plus, dans le cas des échantillons testés dans les conditions expérimentales données, il a été observé, lors des essais mécaniques seuls, la génération d’aérosols dans lesquels sont retrouvées des nanomatériaux manufacturés liées à leur matrice. Il s’agit de particules nanométriques et micrométriques. Cependant, dans le cas du couplage abrasion/vieillissement environnemental, après un temps donné de détérioration, il est constaté l’émission de nanomatériaux manufacturés libres, en plus des nanomatériaux manufacturés liés à leur matrice. Les résultats expérimentaux relatifs aux sollicitations mécaniques ont été mis en corrélation avec des lois de mécanique classique utilisant des modèles analytiques. Le modèle utilise en partie des relations semi-empiriques ; après ajustement, on observe une très bonne convergence modèle-expérience. Ce modèle a été utilisé pour réaliser une étude de sensibilité sur les 18 paramètres évoqués précédemment, et ce pour une variation de 25% pour chaque paramètre. Ceci permet d'illustrer la capacité du modèle à hiérarchiser l'influence des différents paramètres sur l'émission de particules, pour des conditions données. Ainsi, ce travail a permis de développer un ensemble constitué d’une part d’outils expérimentaux et d’autre part d’un modèle. Si cet ensemble est largement perfectible, il permet toutefois d’ores et déjà d’entamer une conception “nanosafe by design”. / Engineering nanomaterials (ENM) like metal oxide nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, nanofibers, etc. possess various innovative properties and their industrial use creates new opportunities. However, they also present new risks and uncertainties. There is an ever growing production and use of the products containing these ENM, like nanocomposites or nanocoatings, which result in an increasing number of workers and consumers exposed to ENM upon their emission (in the form of aerosols) from the products containing them. One of the most favored approaches, to minimize this emission, would be a preventive one which would focus on altering the product’s material properties during its design phase itself without compromising with any of its added benefits.This thesis advocates this approach. It attempts to understand the ENM emission phenomenon and its yielding mechanisms on the basis of combined experimental and theoretical approaches. The experimental set-up, developed during this thesis, is equipped with the necessary elements which can (i) seek to reproduce the real life activities on a laboratory scale (ii) identify the emission mechanism (iii) carry out both qualitative as well as quantitative*analysis of the emitted ENM simultaneously. Whilst the mean chosen for applying the mechanical solicitation or stress is an abrasion process, for the environmental weathering, it is an accelerated UV exposure process in the presence of humidity and heat. The results suggest that depending upon 18 material and process properties/parameters, the microscopic entities present on the surface of a product, called asperities, undergo mainly 4 types of removal mechanisms during abrasion. It is these mechanisms that decide the shape, size and the number of the aerosol particles emitted. Moreover, for the given test samples and experimental conditions studied during the thesis, application of the mechanical stresses alone was found to generate the emitted ENM aerosols in which ENM is always embedded inside the product matrix, thus, a representative product element. In such a case, the emitted aerosols comprise of both nanoparticles as well as microparticles. But if the mechanical stresses are coupled with the environmental weathering, then the eventual deterioration of the product, after a certain weathering duration, may lead to the emission of the free ENM aerosols too. All these experimental findings, pertaining to the effect of the mechanical stresses alone, have also been put into the perspective with classical material and mechanics state laws using a predictive analytical model. A close agreement** of the estimated results of this model with the experimentally measured ones has validated its functioning. This model was used to perform a sensitivity analysis on the aforementioned 18 parameters to rank the influence of a25% variation in each of their values on the particle emission for the given conditions.Thus, during the present thesis, both experimental and theoretical approaches have been developed to study the emission. Despite the fact that these approaches are perfectible, they can still be used during product design phase for the product to be “nanosafe by design”.

Este estudo investigou propriedades mecânicas do compósito silorano em dois capítulos. Capítulo A Objetivo: avaliou a resistência de união entre a estrutura dental e um composto à base de silorano, após o clareamento dental. Método: Sessenta incisivos bovinos foram distribuídos aleatoriamente em seis grupos (n=10), de acordo com o período de armazenamento entre o tratamento clareador e a restauração com compósito à base de silorano. O tratamento clareador com peróxido de carbamida à 10% seguiu um protocolo de quatro horas diárias durante duas semanas. Após o período de armazenamento, as cavidades foram preparadas e restauradas com uma resina composta à base de silorano. Resultado: Após o tratamento clareador e os devidos períodos de armazenagem, nenhuma diferença significativa foi observada nos resultados de resistência adesiva (p>0,05). Conclusão: a resistência adesiva entre o compósito à base de silorano e o substrato dental não foi afetada pelo tratamento clareador com 10% de peróxido de carbamida. Capítulo B Objetivo: avaliou a resistência coesiva entre as camadas de resinas compostas à base metacrilato e silorano e a microdureza Knoop (KHN) após ciclos de erosão e abrasão. Método: Para a resistência coesiva, vinte amostras foram feitas com cada compósito, metacrilato (MC) e silorano (SC) (n=10). As amostras foram divididas em quatro grupos, de acordo com tipo e quantidade de incrementos de resina composta. O teste de microtração foi realizado 24h após a confecção das amostras. Para a análise da KHN, após os ciclos de erosão/abrasão, foram produzidas quarenta amostras de cada resina composta testada (MC e SC). As amostras foram distribuídas em oito grupos (n=10) de acordo com tipo de compósito e tipo de bebida envolvida no processo de erosão (controle, suco de laranja, Smirnoff Ice e Gatorade) e abrasão com dentifrício de alta abrasividade. Resultado - não foram observadas diferenças na resistência coesiva entre as camadas incrementais dos compósitos estudados (p> 0,05). Os resultados de KHN dos grupos MC apresentaram menor valor para o Smirnoff Ice (p<0,05), no entanto, para os grupos SC nenhuma diferença foi observada (p>0,05). Conclusão: a resistência coesiva entre as camadas incrementais de ambos compósitos testados não foi afetada pelo oxigênio; as bebidas, em conjunto com a abrasão, não tiveram capacidade de interferir na KHN dos compósitos testados, exceto o Smirnoff Ice para o MC. / This study investigated the mechanical properties of the silorane based composite in two chapter. Chapter A Aim: evaluated the bond strength between the dental structure and a silorane-based composite (SC), after bleaching treatment. Method: Sixty bovine incisors were randomly distributed into six groups (n=10) according to the storage period between the bleaching treatment and the SC restoration. The bleaching treatment followed a protocol of 10% carbamide peroxide with one application during four hours per day during two weeks. After the period of storage, cavities were made and filled with SC. Results: After the periods of bleaching treatment, no significant difference was observed in the results of push out bond strength between the SC and the bleached substrate (p>0.05). Conclusion: the bond strength between the SC and the dental substrate was not affected by the bleaching treatment with 10% carbamide peroxide. Chapter B Aim: evaluated the bond strength between incremental layers of methacrylate and silorane composites and the micro hardness Knoop (KHN) after erosion and abrasion cycles. Method: for the bond strength, twenty samples were made with each composite, methacrylate (MC) and silorane (SC) (n=10). The samples were divided into four groups according composite type and quantity of increments. The microtensile test was performed 24 h after the samples were made. For the KHN test, after erosion/abrasion process, forty samples of each composite tested (MC and SC) were made. The samples were distributed into eight groups (n=10) according composite type and beverage type involved in the erosion process (control, orange juice, Smirnoff Ice and Gatorade) and abrasion with high abrasivity detifrice. Results: no differences were observed in the bond strength between increment layers when the same composite was analyzed (p>0.05). The results of KHN in the MC groups showed smaller value for the Smirnoff Ice (p<0.05), however for the SC groups no differences were found (p>0.05). Conclusion: the bond strength between incremental layers of SC was not affected by the oxygen; the others beverages, jointly with the abrasion, have no capacity to interfere in the KHN of the composites tested.

Diploma thesis is divided into two parts. The first part is focused on theoretical description of coating methods, on currently used coatings, their properties and it is also focused on description of methods, which are used for analyzing each property. The second part focuses on testing of coatings and analyzing of the values obtained from experiments. The aim of this thesis is then to compare the properties of the tested coatings.

This thesis deals with the properties of ledeburitic chrome-vanadium tool steel after heat treatment. Theoretical part contains charakterization of ledeburitic steels, the posibility of manufacturing and heat treatment. There are also briefly describes the principles of the test methods, which were used. The practical part is focused on describing the results of 12 sample groups, with different heat treatment. The results are compared in the final discussion.

Quinoa is coated with a thin layer of saponins, glycosylated triterpenoids, that produce a bitter flavor when consumed. The average saponin content in commercial varietals from Bolivia average around 2.7% saponins and organoleptic testing shows the threshold for noticing a bitter flavor is below 0.12% (Medina-Meza et al., 2016). Current industrial processing methods use a combination of abrasion and turbulent water flow to remove saponin. This study will address the following research question: How will grain-to-grain and grain-to-surface abrasion affect the processing time to remove saponin from quinoa? In particular, can effective saponin removal be achieved in less than 10 minutes without washing with water? Three different laboratory scale systems for generating grain-to-grain abrasion alone and in combination with grain-to-surface abrasion were constructed. Preliminary studies using mass balance and visual observation found the tubular system removed 4.45% of the quinoa mass in saponin containing fractions compared to the conical system (1.33%) and fluidized bed (0.62%). After preliminary studies, a saponin estimation method was adapted and the conditions of the tubular system were determined. A randomized experiment was carried out in triplicate at three levels of time (5, 10, and 15 minutes) and mass (200, 300, and 400 grams). The effect of surface roughness in the tubular system was also evaluated. The samples were collected and saponin content in each sample was quantified using the adapted method. The saponin levels were compared to commercially processed quinoa in the market. The processing conditions of 15 minutes at an input mass of 300 grams yielded the lowest saponin level of 0.19%. The four processing conditions of (10 minutes/200 grams, 10 minutes/400 grams, 15 minutes/200 grams and 15 minutes/300 grams) were statistically different (p The tubular system showed promise for reducing process time and saponin content in commercially processed quinoa without washing. However, further experimentation is needed for industrial implementation. The system would provide the industry with a sustainable process with better saponin removal capacity.

Många faktorer påverkar den orala hälsan, däribland kosten. Idag finns många olika kosttyper samt livsstilar, och något som ökar i Sverige är den vegetariska kosthållningen. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie är därför att kartlägga vilken inverkan vegetarisk kost har på den orala hälsan. Artiklarna som användes i denna litteraturstudie hämtades från databasen PubMed, och studiernas referenslistor granskades kritiskt. Det upptäcktes också artiklar genom referenslistgranskningen. Totalt användes 11 artiklar i denna studie och dessa visade på vissa skillnader mellan vegetarianers och icke-vegetarianers orala hälsa. Två studier påträffade en ökning av salivsekretionen hos vegetarianer. En olikhet gällande män och kvinnors kariesförekomst observerades. En del av studierna som berörde ämnet karies, visade på en högre förekomst hos vegetarianerna. En annan del visade det motsatta. Det har förekommit en ökad eller ingen ökad frekvens av tanderosion och abrasion hos vegetarianer. Gällande det parodontala fanns motsägande resultat om vegetarianerna hade bättre parodontal hälsa eller inte. En ökad konsumtion av grönsaker samt en minskad konsumtion av alkohol och sötsaker har observerats hos vegetarianer. Slutsatsen av denna litteraturstudie är att det finns motstridiga resultat kring hur den orala hälsan påverkas vid vegetarisk kost. Det krävs därför mer forskning. / Many factors affect oral health, including diet. Today there are many different types of diet and lifestyles, and particular the vegetarian diet is increasing in Sweden. The purpose of this study is to identify the impact of vegetarian diet on oral health. The articles used in this study were taken from the database PubMed, and reference lists of the studies were examined critically. Further articles were also discovered by reviewing the reference list of the original articles. There were a total of 11 articles in this study and these showed some differences between vegetarians and non-vegetarians oral health. Two studies find an increase in saliva secretion in those on a vegetarian diet. A difference regarding men's and women's caries prevalence was observed. Some of the studies involving substance caries, showed a higher incidence in vegetarians. Another part showed the opposite. There has been an increase or no increase in tooth erosion and abrasion of vegetarians. Regarding the periodontal there were contradicting results about the vegetarians had better periodontal health or not. An increased consumption of vegetables and a reduced consumption of alcohol and sweets have been observed in those on a vegetarian diet. The conclusion of this study is that there are conflicting results regarding how oral health is affected by vegetarian diet. Therefore is more research needed.

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O estabelecimento de interfaces adesivas no substrato dentinário artificialmente erodido, conceitualmente pobre em minerais, revestido por matriz orgânica exposta, é pouco promissor. Por ora, tornam-no similar àquele verificado para a dentina normal/hígida apenas a asperização ou, quando do uso de adesivos universais, a desproteinização com hipoclorito de sódio. Manter a camada de fibrilas colágenas, por meio do uso de inibidores de proteinases, talvez mesmo que compactada por abrasão, pode, porém, ser conveniente, já que desempenha importante papel nos processos de des e remineralização, inclusive contendo a progressão do desgaste erosivo e erosivo-abrasivo, e no estabelecimento de uma camada híbrida propriamente dita. Avaliou-se, pois, de imediato, a resistência de união do conjunto sistema adesivo condicione e lave simplificado-resina composta à dentina, considerando-se como fatores experimentais a condição desse substrato, em três níveis (N: normal; E: erodido; EA: erodido-abrasionado), e a aplicação de um gel para prevenção/controle do desgaste erosivo em três níveis (C: controle/sem aplicação; P: placebo/sem princípio ativo; CHX: digluconato de clorexidina a 0,12%). Para determinação do substrato normal, a dentina superficial oclusal de terceiros molares foi apenas submetida à ação de uma lixa de SiC (#600; 1 min; N); para a do erodido e do erodidoabrasionado, sequencialmente, de pronto, a desafio erosivo inicial (Coca-Cola®; 5 min). Aplicou-se sobre ela, então, ou não (controle/sem aplicação), um dos géis: placebo/sem princípio ativo; ou à base de CHX a 0,12%. Aquela de início desmineralizada ainda foi submetida à ciclagem de pH (Coca-Cola®; imersões de 5 min, 3x/dia, 5 dias), determinando-se, fatidicamente, o substrato erodido (E), ou a ciclagem de pH associada a escovação (escova elétrica/dentifrício com flúor diluído em água, 2,5 N, 30 s, 2x/dia, após 1º e último desafios ácidos), determinando-se o substrato erodido-abrasionado (EA). Após condicionamento (H3PO4 a 37%; 15 s; lavagem 30 s; secagem com papel absorvente), o adesivo AdperTM Single Bond 2® foi aplicado em todos os espécimes e a porção coronária, reconstruída com a resina FiltekTM Z350®. Transcorridas 24 h (água destilada / 37?C), os espécimes foram seccionados em palitos e testados (?TBS; 0,5 mm/min). Os valores de RU obtidos foram organizados considerando-se cada dente como unidade experimental e os testes de Análise de Variância a 2 critérios e de Tukey, aplicados (?=0,05). Um dente extra para cada grupo foi tratado exatamente como os outros, mas o corante fluorescente rodamina B foi previamente adicionado (0,16 mg/mL) ao sistema adesivo para permitir a avaliação qualitativa da interface adesiva por meio de Microscopia Confocal de Varredura a Laser. Diferentemente da variável aplicação de géis para prevenção/controle do desgaste erosivo (p=0,359), a variável condição do substrato dentinário exerceu influência significante sobre os resultados (p<0,001). Ademais, não houve interação entre elas (p=0,856). Os valores imediatos de RU ao substrato erodido e ao erodido-abrasionado, equivalentes entre si, foram sempre inferiores àqueles ao substrato normal, independentemente da aplicação, ou não, do gel de CHX, ou placebo, para prevenção/controle do desgaste erosivo. No tocante ao padrão de fratura dos palitos testados, as falhas adesivas e mistas foram predominantes em relação às coesivas, independentemente se em dentina ou em resina. Quanto à análise qualitativa, nota-se que tags resinosos se manifestam em maior número e comprimento nos substratos submetidos a desafio erosivo inicial, ou seja, o erodido e o erodido-abrasionado, independentemente da aplicação de qualquer estratégia para controle da progressão do desgaste. Dentre eles, para o substrato erodido, há uma identificável camada escura subjacente à de adesivo propriamente dito, entre os tags resinosos, representação da menor concentração de material marcado por rodamina B. Para o substrato erodido-abrasionado, verifica-se camada híbrida devidamente expressa por anuviado vermelho subjacente à camada de adesivo, mais e menos espessa, respectivamente, que a estabelecida no substrato normal e erodido. Destarte, conclui-se que o gel de CHX não foi capaz de determinar, por meio da preservação/controle do desgaste erosivo, ou erosivo-abrasivo, substrato tão favorável à adesão com os materiais resinosos quanto o normal, mesmo que não o tenha desajudado ainda mais. / The establishment of adhesive interfaces on artificially eroded dentin substrate, conceptually poor in minerals, coated with an exposed organic matrix, is little promising. For the time being, only diamond bur surface roughening and deproteinization with sodium hypochlorite, when universal adhesives are used, make it similar to the obtained for normal/sound dentin. Maintaining the layer of collagen fibrils, using protease inhibitors, perhaps even when compressed by abrasion, may, however, be convenient, since it plays an important role in the demineralization and remineralization processes, including the erosive and erosive-abrasive wear progression, and in establishing a hybrid layer itself. The aim of this study was to evaluate, immediately, bond strength (BS) of an etch-and-rinse adhesive system plus a composite to dentin, considering the condition of its substrate in three levels (N: normal; E: eroded; EA: eroded-abraded), and the application of a gel for the prevention/control of the erosive wear in three levels (C: control / without application, P: placebo / without an active principle, and CHX: 0.12% chlorhexidine digluconate). To determine the normal substrate, occlusal dentin from third molars was subjected solely to the action of a SiC sandpaper (# 600; 1 min; N); to determine the eroded and eroded-abraded, it was sequentially, and readily, subjected to an initial erosive challenge (Coca-Cola®, 5 min). One of the gels were applied, or not (control / without application), on it: placebo / without active principle; or containing 0.12% CHX. The initial demineralized one was still submitted to a pH cycling (Coca-Cola®, immersions of 5 min, 3x /day, 5 days), determining the eroded substrate (E), or to the pH cycling associated to brushing (electric toothbrush/fluoride toothpaste diluted in water, 2.5 N, 30 s, 2x/day, after 1st and last acid challenges), determining the eroded-abraded substrate (EA). After acid-etching (37% H3PO4, 15 sec, 30 sec washing, drying with absorbent paper), Adper(TM) Single Bond 2® adhesive was applied to all specimens and resin composite buildups constructed with Filtek(TM)Z350®. After 24 h (distilled water / 37?C), specimens were sectioned in beams and tested (?TBS, 0.5 mm/min). BS values obtained were organized considering each tooth as an experimental unit and a twoway ANOVA and Tukey test, applied (?=0.05). An extra tooth for each group was treated exactly like the others, but rhodamine B fluorescent dye was previously added (0.16 mg / mL) to the adhesive system to allow qualitative evaluation of the adhesive interface by means of Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy. Differently from the variable application of gels for prevention/control of erosive wear (p=0.359), the condition of the dentin substrate had a significant influence on the results (p<0.001). In addition, there was no interaction between them (p=0.856). Immediate BS values to eroded and eroded-abraded substrates, equivalent to each other, were always lower than that to the sound substrate, regardless of the application, or not, of the CHX or the placebo gel for prevention/control of erosive wear. Concerning the fracture pattern of the tested beams, adhesive and mixed failures were predominant in relation to the cohesive, regardless of whether in dentin or in resin composite. As for the qualitative analysis, it is noticed that resinous tags are manifested in greater number and length in the substrates submitted to erosive initial challenge, that is, eroded and erodedabraded substrates, regardless of the application of any strategy to control progression of wear. Among them, for the eroded substrate, there is an identifiable dark layer underlying that of the adhesive itself, among the resin tags, representing the lowest concentration of material marked by rhodamine B. For the eroded-abraded substrate, hybrid layer is duly expressed by a red blur underlying the layer of adhesive, more and less thick than that established in the normal and eroded substrates, respectively. Therefore, it is concluded that the CHX gel was not able to determine, while preserving/controlling the erosive or erosive-abrasive wear, a substrate as favorable to bonding with resinous materials as a sound one, even if it has not impaired it even more.