Bulk Fill Composites: Good or Bad?

As many of you know I spend a good bit of time on DentalTown discussing various topics.  Most of the topics falling under the Restorative Dental category (ok, maybe I've posted a political thought or two along the way.).  Recently, I was thinking about a past thread concerning the effectiveness of Bulk Fill materials.  Many concepts were discussed, terms such as directed shrinkage were reintroduced, and many products were discussed.  In the end, I'm not sure the lengthy back and forth did much to address the original question:  "Bulk fill, is it for real?"

So let's say you have a large Class I, as pictured below.  As you know the C-Factor of this type of prep is high (C Factor of 5....doesn't get much higher) and you'll need to do something to relieve the contraction stresses that could negatively impact your final results.

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