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CAD/CAM Restorations: Achieving Excellence and Simplicity

INTRODUCTION It is foolish to think that all technology is suited for all practices. Despite what sales representatives say about any expensive technology.

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Conquering the Challenges of Material Selection: Key Considerations for Aesthetic Cases

Figure 1. Full-face preoperative (2004) view of patient. INTRODUCTION Material selection poses one of the most demanding dilemmas facing clinicians. With so many.

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Direct Composite Restorations to Mask Intrinsic Staining: An Eighteen-Year Follow-Up

INTRODUCTION In many cases, choosing the best restorative solution for structural defects of the teeth is not an easy matter. The use of.

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A New Restorative Material for Pediatric Dentistry

Figure 1. SEM of G-ænial Universal Flo (GC America). INTRODUCTION Results from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey1 show that caries.

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Metal-Based Restoration Replacement: Using Lithium Disilicate for Aesthetics and Strength

INTRODUCTION A Brief Review of the PFM Restoration Used for more than 60 years, PFM restorations provide a functional and stable treatment option.1.

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Intraoral Repair of Multiple Substrates Using Silication

INTRODUCTION The number of dental materials available to today’s practitioner has increased significantly during the last 10 years.1,2 The advancement of new materials.

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Alternatives to Traditional Posterior Direct Restorations

INTRODUCTION As dentists, one challenge that we are faced with these days is the constant barrage of marketing involving an ever-growing list of.

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Bonding Agents: So Many Choices!

INTRODUCTION Choice is a wonderful thing, but what happens when you have too many choices? Usually, having too many choices leads to confusion.

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The Modern Aesthetic Mixed Restorative Case

INTRODUCTION The ability to transform a patient’s smile and function could not be any more exciting and fun for a dentist than it.

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Impression Techniques: Clinical Properties That Matter

INTRODUCTION Indirect restorations require some type of impressions in order to be fabricated. Stone replicas made from the impressions have been used in.

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