VOCO Retraction Paste ensures fast, gentle retraction and moisture management for clean, accurate impressions
As chief clinical director of Espire Dental, an integrated dental organization headquartered in Denver, CO, Jennifer Derse, DDS, oversees a large and diverse demographic of doctors. This means she knows firsthand just how often restoration remakes bottleneck productivity. “Remakes are the most inefficient part of practicing dentistry,” she said.
While digital scanning can help clinicians avoid some of the traditional pitfalls of impressions, accuracy is still a recurring roadblock. “One of the top reasons I see for remakes are open margins caused by poor scans,” Dr. Derse shared. “Using a retraction paste that allows your scanner to have a clean field of view is key.” Fortunately, VOCO Retraction Paste rises to this challenge, providing a fast, gentle, and easy way to retract tissues and manage moisture.
Reliable Retraction & Hemostasis
An astringent paste with an active ingredient of aluminum chloride, VOCO Retraction Paste is perfect for temporary retraction and drying of the gingival sulcus prior to analog and digital impressions. “If there is any blood on the margin, your scan will not be as accurate as with a clean, dry margin,” Dr. Derse explained. “I see some doctors struggle with tissue management, and this paste offers an effective way to stop the bleeding caused by their prepping style, without the clotty clumps other products leave behind.”
VOCO Retraction Paste also is ideal for preparations in Class II and V fillings, as well as cementation of temporary or permanent restorations. It also can be used either as a replacement for or alongside a retraction cord. As Dr. Derse shared, “For veneers or cosmetics with a very conservative margin line, packing a #000 cord and putting this retraction paste over the top is pretty much magical.”
Easy Delivery, Quick Cleanup
Thanks to a long, thin, and flexible plastic tip, VOCO Retraction Paste allows pinpoint application into the sulcus, without damaging gingival tissues. An innovative 2-stage viscosity simplifies dispensing and delivery—the material flows easily out of the capsule, and once placed in the sulcus, increases in viscosity to provide stability as it widens. It has a bright turquoise-blue color that maximizes visibility against gingiva and can be rinsed off quickly and easily for simple, mess-free cleanup without staining.
“The doctors at Espire are loving it—especially the CEREC docs, because when you have to draw and seat your own margins, the machine calls you out in real-time,” she said. The paste has become such a mainstay at Espire that Dr. Derse always carries some with her to give to colleagues. “Sharing is caring, and Espire was founded on clinical excellence, so we want to see predictable clinical outcomes,” she said. “This tiny bit of turquoise 'goo' is awesome—it’s so incredibly clean, and it really works!”
