Restorative

Material Options for Class II Composite Restorations: Varied Clinical Parameters Require Different Techniques

INTRODUCTION This article will explore different approaches to the restoration of a Class II cavity preparation based on clinical parameters and discuss techniques

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Aesthetics

Missing Lateral Incisor Agenesis: Aesthetic Challenges With Cuspids in the Lateral Positions

INTRODUCTION Encountering a patient who has been treated orthodontically to rectify the absence of the maxillary lateral incisors presents a unique aesthetic and

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Dental Materials

Transforming Direct Restorative and Cosmetic Dentistry

INTRODUCTION Since the advent of original resin-based composites developed in the 1960s, the ability to match adjacent tooth structure has been of utmost

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Minimally Invasive Dentistry

Modern Cavity Preparations

INTRODUCTION Around 1896, Dr. G.V. Black published a standardized set of cavity preparations for amalgam. Gold preparations of the day were a slight

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Science & Medicine

Antimicrobial resistance is drastically rising

The world is experiencing unprecedented economic growth in low- and middle-income countries. An increasing number of people in India, China, Latin America and

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Science & Medicine

Transplanted brain stem cells survive without anti-rejection drugs in mice

In experiments in mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have developed a way to successfully transplant certain protective brain cells without the

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Science & Medicine

Cancer cells prefer a ‘comfort cruise,’ follow predictable paths of least resistance

New research from a group of Vanderbilt biomedical engineers reveals that while cancer cells move quickly in metastasis, they’re rather lazy in which

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Science & Medicine

Scorpion toxin that targets ‘wasabi receptor’ may help solve mystery of chronic pain

Researchers at UC San Francisco and the University of Queensland have discovered a scorpion toxin that targets the “wasabi receptor,” a chemical-sensing protein

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Science & Medicine

Why people gain weight as they get older

Many people struggle to keep their weight in check as they get older. Now new research at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has uncovered

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Quick Technique

Your Restoration Workflow, Simplified to One Shade

Mark Kleive, DDS Tokuyama Dental America continues to develop innovative products that fulfill the needs of the dental professional. The recently introduced OMNICHROMA

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