Materials

An Advanced Self-Etching Resin Cement: Clinical Application

Dentists make numerous decisions every day that involve their practices. For restorative dentists, one...

Recommendations for Fluoride Varnish Use in Caries Management

Fluoride’s ability to inhibit or even reverse the initiation and progression of dental caries...

Understanding Impression Materials and Techniques

There is no single procedure that a dentist can do, or any single procedure...

Teaching the Use of Liners, Bases, and Cements: A 10-Year Follow-Up Survey of North American Dental Schools

Restorative dentistry constantly undergoes change, driven in part by new clinical applications of existing...

Seventh-Generation Bonding Materials as Cavity Liners: Scientific Rationale and Clinical Technique

The number of tooth-colored restorations dentists place is increasing as patients demand optimum aesthetics...

Simplified Adhesive Cementation: What, Where, and How

Cement is a material that relates 2 or more materials so they stay together...

How Do Composite Resins Stand the Test of Time?

It is a source of frustration that there appears to be a general lack...

Rapid-Fire Posterior Resins The Unwritten…Taking Advantage of Nanocomposite Technology

If you’re looking for tips on how to color characterize a 1-surface resin on...

Predictable Restoration of Class 2 Preparations With Composite Resin

For many years, the restorative material of choice for direct placement of restorations in...

Liners, Bases, and Cements in Clinical Dentistry A Review and Update

Liners, bases, and cements used in clinical dentistry are an important part of restorative...