Direct Restorative Materials

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  • Dental Product Shopper
  • 08/21/2019

  The Conservative Case for Cosmetic Dentistry

  Adamo E. Notarantonio, DDS, FICOI, FAACD Huntington, NY Cosmetic dentistry can do wonders to improve the esthetics of our patients’ smiles, and social media platforms are a great way to showcase these life-changing transformations. Unfortunately, a lot of what we see on these platforms are cases involving 20-plus teeth with aggressive...

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  • Samantha Negraval
  • 02/22/2018

  Filling the Delivery Void in Restorative Procedures

  Whenever we interview dentists about direct restorative materials, whether it’s a composite, cement, glass ionomer or other flowable, we always make it a point to ask, “What sets this material apart from other similar products?” Many dentists comment on ease of use—not just the ease of shaping the material, but the product design and delivery...

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  • Allison Walker
  • 09/05/2017

  Starter Kits for Class II and Single-Unit Crown Procedures

  I'm beginning to see more of those meal starter kits being delivered, or the remnants there of in recycling bins, in my neighborhood. It's a great idea if you don't have time to go to the store or a cache of cookbooks. It's amazing how this trend of buying a food kit, or a tool kit, or even a dental procedure kit has taken off. Dentsply Sirona...

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  • Allison Walker
  • 02/20/2017

  Surprising Saliva Statistics and DryDent Sublingual

  If you ask the average person the last time they thought about saliva, you’d just get a funny look (unless one of their kids or pets has a drooling problem!). If you ask a dentist or hygienist, they’d say 5 minutes ago, 25 times today, 100 times a week. The fact is, according to Directa Dental’s website, humans usually secrete about 0.25-0.35...

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  • Julie Schmitt
  • 06/10/2016

  Warm Composite Lessens Hand Fatigue and Improves Results

  Make dispensing composite easier on your hands while improving your final restorations. Centrix’s new HeatSleeve Self-Heating Composite Warmer quickly warms composites to a more ‘flowable’ state, easily adapting to surface irregularities, reducing voids and spaces. And, according to Centrix, heating the composite makes composite dispensing 68%...

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  • Julie Cullen
  • 05/02/2016

  TheraCal LC—Versatility in Action

  I would imagine that dental material versatility is critical to most dentists. You want products that work well with other products and aren’t stymied by the conditions of the oral environment. I hear a lot about TheraCal LC from Bisco. At first I didn’t understand what it did, but it’s clear to me now that it does a whole lot. For example, it...

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