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Multimode adhesives, which can be used as etch‐and‐rinse or as self‐etch adhesives, have been recently introduced without clinical data to back their use.

To evaluate the 6‐month clinical performance of Scotchbond Universal Adhesive (SU; 3M ESPE, St. Paul, MN, USA) in noncarious cervical lesions (NCCLs) using two evaluation criteria.

Thirty‐nine patients participated in this study. Two hundred restorations were assigned to four groups: SU‐TEm: etch‐and‐rinse + moist dentin; SU‐TEd: etch‐and‐rinse + dry dentin; SU‐SEet: selective enamel etching; and SU‐SE: self‐etch. The composite resin Filtek Supreme Ultra (3M ESPE) was placed incrementally. The restorations were evaluated at baseline and after 6 months using both the World Dental Federation (FDI) and the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) criteria. Statistical …