<![CDATA[Buonocore introduced Adhesion into dentistry 1955. According to the preference of the practitioners,each generation of adhesive was replaced by the next generation which overcame the disadvantages ofthe previous generation. Now, the adhesive which is in use are Self Etch, Total etch Adhesives and Resinmodified approach as it has unique properties of self adherence to the tooth. The concept of total etching oretch and rinse technique was given way back in the early 1980s by Fusayama. With this background, theaim of the present study is to survey the preference of Self etch VS Total etch among dental practitioners.A Cross-sectional survey was conducted among the dental practitioners about their preference for self-etchand total-etch adhesive. The data was collected and statistically analysed using the SPSS software version23. Descriptive statistical analysis was carried out and the chi-square test was used and the p-value wascalculated, with a p-value less than 0.05 to be statistically significant. The present survey included 209dental practitioners of different categories with a clinical experience of at least 3 months, 32.69 % of thepractitioners had clinical experience of 10 years and more than that. 71.15 % of the practitioners preferred theusage of Total Etch and remaining 28.85 % preferred the usage of self etch. According to the Practitioners,68.75 % considered the total etching technique as the best technique and 31.25 % considered self etch as thebeat technique. From this survey, it is seen that the majority of the practitioners preferred using total-etchcompared to self etch. Despite having its disadvantage it is preferred by the practitioners.]]>
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