Doing Double-Duty Restorative Dentistry

The ability to wear many hats in the workplace is often lauded as a testament to an employee's exceptional versatility and adaptability. As both employees and practice owners, dental clinicians are no strangers to this juggling act, especially when it comes to balancing their clinical skills and patient care with the demands of running a successful business. And when the capacity to multitask extends to the materials in their armamentarium, the results can be truly transformative.

Take Visalys CemCore from Kettenbach Dental—a dual-cure adhesive resin cement that moonlights as a core buildup composite.

“It can be used as both a core buildup and cement, and I have used it for all types of indirect restorations, including lithium disilicate, zirconia, and porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns, as well as for post cementation,” affirmed Sandip Ladani, DMD, MDS.

What makes Visalys CemCore an ideal candidate for both jobs is its unique Active-Connect-Technology (ACT), which mixes the composite and primer in a precise way and allows for both high bond strength and stability to be present in the same material. 

Chairside Ease and Convenience

Compatible with a variety of restorative materials, Visalys CemCore's indications span from bridges, veneers, and inlays/onlays to root posts and indirect core buildups. The radiopaque, BPA-free material is available in an automix syringe in 5 shades: Universal (A2/A3), Dark (A4), Opaque, Bleach, and Translucent.

“It simplified our procedures, making it easier for assistants when setting up chairside materials,” Dr. Ladani said. “The placement and application are very easy with its controlled flow, and the esthetics were good for lithium disilicate with the universal shade.”