Techniques

The festivities opened with some of Sirona’s big chiefs and top educators. The company announced the new clinical director of Sirona Dental will be Dr. Mike DiTolla.

DENTSPLY Caulk's innovative resin-based composite simplifies shade matching by covering the full VITA® range with just seven shades. It’s also the only resin-based composite with both low and high viscosity handling options so you can work the way you choose, faster and with confidence in achieving a natural look your patients will admire.

She was very dissatisfied with her smile, which led her to visit the dentist in the first place, but also concerned about cost.

There are numerous techniques and a wide array of bonding agents available to today’s clinicians. Any of the techniques will work when performed correctly, and if you are currently pleased with your own bonding technique, don’t change.

At its simplest, cavity preparation involves the mechanical alteration of tooth structure to remove caries and to create a compatible foundation for subsequent restoration that returns the tooth to proper morphology, function and esthetics.

We can produce restorations at a more predictable level with less cost than we were able to in the past, and, as an added bonus, the product is better! It is another option available to us and, many say, the wave of the future.

We can produce restorations at a more predictable level with less cost than we were able to in the past, and, as an added bonus, the product is better! It is another option available to us and, many say, the wave of the future.

Taking advantage of a highly ignored fabrication and marketing tool.

The first step is the first office visit at the first inkling that a CRP (cast removable partial) is necessary.

The two ergonomically designed sensors feature smooth, rounded corners, proving a comfortable experience to both children and adults. The open software architecture gives dental practitioners flexibility and choice in imaging software now and in the future.

Dentistry’s renewed emphasis on minimally invasive treatments affords patients the opportunity to receive highly esthetic and natural-looking restorations that preserve as much of their natural tooth structure as possible.

Gendex GXS-700™ intraoral sensors are designed to make migrating from film or upgrading a digital system easier than ever.

Estelite® Sigma Quick  from Tokuyama is the hero of this technique.

Engineered to provide optimal access paired with superior canal preparation, Komet USA’s line of endodontic instruments ensures successful root-canal treatment for cases ranging from simple, single-canal procedures to more complex, multiple-canal therapy.

Using composite resin, this case illustrates an efficient, reliable intraoral repair of fractured porcelain. These elements of esthetic dentistry can be very frustrating for both patient and practitioner especially in the case of an anterior tooth, yet most of these inherent problems with porcelain can be immediately and predictably repaired chairside with the use of composite resin.

A female patient in her late 30s presented for custom shade matching at the laboratory with very specific demands. She was replacing her two natural centrals with crowns that required blending of color with her existing dentition.

Technology keeps moving and changing with noticeably different and better results. In the author’s career, he has been fortunate enough to be involved with several full-mouth restoration cases.

One of the most important aspects in the success of a restoration is the bond between the tooth and the restoration. There are many luting agents currently on the market with differing formats of adhesion and techniques for use.

GuttaCore obturators are said to be the first cross-linked Gutta-Percha core obturators to deliver warm Gutta-Percha throughout the canal system. GuttaCore is designed to create a dense, 3D fill in minutes, and the cross-linked Gutta-Percha core removes easily.

Temporization, or, as it’s often called, “provisionalization,” might be considered its own subdivision of restorative dentistry. Before we plan any type of dental rehab, we need to “pre-think” how we’ll maintain our patient’s appearance and function and keep him or her comfortable for the duration. We also need to decide on the particular technique, materials and cement we will use.

Do you routinely receive digital image files as .DEX attachments you and the office struggle to open? You’re not alone. But, don’t fret. There are troubleshoots to handle those tricky file extensions.

Successful endodontic treatment relies heavily on proper preparation of the access cavity. Sufficient, straight-line access to the root canal ensures all canals are properly exposed and adds to the predictability of endodontic treatment. It also enables the endodontic files to work smoothly and with less stress to the NiTi file.

The new standard for placing posterior composite restorations, SonicFill™ is said to go from placement to polished in less than three minutes. It is a true one-step, bulk fill dental composite system that results in low shrinkage, outstanding strength and high 5 mm depth of cure as well as superior adaptability and handling.

In smile makeover cases, the provisional restorations take on a much greater level of importance than a typical crown case. These restorations serve as the patient’s first preview of what his or her new smile will look like and also help facilitate communication about the size, shape and shading for the final restorations. Of course, to create the provisionals, a preliminary impression material is necessary, and it is important to make the proper selection there, as well. 

Formulating a solution for creating consistently excellent Class II composite restorations requires a process for both materials and techniques.

Pola Office+ from SDI is said to be the world’s fastest in-office tooth whitening system.

OptiBond XTR from Kerr Corporation is a self-etch, light-cure universal dental adhesive that provides outstanding bond strengths to dental and enamel. 

With dental patients seeking esthetically pleasing, functional and long-wearing restorative options, dentists and dental lab technicians employ a variety of materials and techniques to create and place tooth-colored restorations.

Pulpdent’s ACTIVA BioACTIVE has received the international 2014 Dental Excellence Award for the best new restorative material from DrBicuspid.com, the UK-based Internet resource for the dental industry.

Oral cancer is the sixth most prevalent  form of cancer in the United States. According to the National Cancer Institute, more than 43,000 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with oral cancer this year.