GrandioSO—you just have to pronounce it with a deep voice and with your arms sweeping wide. It’s a great sounding name. It resonates! Considering the variety of universal composites available, it might be helpful to review some of the details of this one.
GrandioSO is a light-cured universal nano-hybrid composite for anterior and posterior fillings from VOCO America Inc that has a big repertoire—it’s indicated for Class I-V restorations, reconstructing damaged anterior teeth, splinting loose teeth, repairing veneers, and perfecting incorrect tooth sha
pes. GandioSo is 89% filled, which gives it excellent light resistance and great shade-matching capabilities. In fact, it has an intelligent shade matching system that makes it useful in any clinical situation, beneficial for faceting discolored anterior teeth as well. It is available in 16 shades and comes with its own shade guide. It also can be used to restore deciduous teeth, for core build-ups underneath crowns, and for composite inlays.
GrandioSO has excellent polishability, wear resistance, color stability, flexural strength, and very low shrinkage. It allows a prolonged working time under ambient light, and will not stick to instruments. It was given a 96% rating by The Dental Advisor for being easy to dispense and place, packing and sculpting well, and for good shade matching, final esthetics, and radiopacity. It was noted that the quality of the final polish is excellent, that it is beneficial for covering stained dentin, and blends with natural enamel very well.
Dental Product Shopper evaluators also rated its handling, working time, and esthetics to be excellent or very good. Being an all-purpose material, it is compatible with all conventional bonds. Both groups said they would continue to use it as well as recommend it to friends. For more information, click here.