Do you have a yellow spot on your tooth? A yellow spot on your tooth is definitely something that a dentist can fix for you. What is the yellow spot? If it has always been there then there is a good chance it is enamel hypominerlization. However, if the yellow stain is newer than it […]
Piece of front tooth broke off? or Piece of front tooth fell off? Piece of front tooth broke off? Well you are not alone and we hear this story from time to time, “A tiny piece of my front tooth chipped off.” during a phone call. Or worse, someone calls very upset and anxious yelling […]
Do you have a chipped front tooth filling? Chipped front tooth filling that you want us to fix? No problem! Emily’s chipped front tooth filling story Whether you have chipped your front tooth or broken a front tooth filling, Dr. Bauer can easily restore the look of the tooth! Emily had come in with her […]
Dental liner – What is it? Dental liner is refers to a material or technique that we use to prevent sensitivity in deep dental fillings. Dentists can use a variety of products and techniques. Products care the market today are usually bioactive and/or resin based. MTA, glass ionomer, resin-modified glass ionomer, calcium silicate, and others […]
Do you have a filling on a front tooth that is discolored? Case of the week George came in and was concerned that his last dentist never seemed to properly address what he saw as an unesthetic filling. The dentist told him this was as good as it could get. George didn’t feel that was […]
Teeter-totter vs. Devi Devi lost 🙁 Case of the week Devi came in for her first visit with us after a frantic call that her and her sister were playing on the teeter-totter and when Devi got off the board, still weighted down by her sister on the other side, the board flew back up […]
Supplies Ash 6 explorer Sable brush #1 cosmedent Wetting resin and tints (Kerr, Micerium, Cosmedent) Use A3 dentin and a milk-whote translucent enamel shade Fine tipped instrument make dots for pits and draw lines for anatomy Smooth with sable brush
Dental Composites by type Bulk Fill – flowable with higher filler content Low viscosity or Base – used under composite SureFil SDR flow (recommended) Venus Bulk Fill Flow Filtek Bulk Fill Flowable Restorative (less wear resistant than some of the others in this category Sawlani IADR 2013) Voco x-tra base (ADA best) Beautifil-Bulk Flowable Shofu (Giomer […]
Composite Polishing Diamond polisher is best (diamond particles) except maybe “Microfill best polished with AlO” B Mopper Three step rubber polishers better results than 2 or 1 source D-Fine, Hawe, and Astropol best 1 I want to try Astropol and enamelize with purple felt wheel Always polish from composite to tooth. B Mopper Green stone […]
Dental composite chemistry C factor – ratio of bonded to unbonded surfaces in the preparation Consists of Organic resin matrices Inorganic fillers consisting of proprietary combinations of zinc, alumina, silica, quartz, and zirconia. This is where most of the evolution of composites has occurred. Pre-polymerized resins as a coupling agent Silane – tris(2-methoxyethoxy) vinyl silane […]
Steps involved in mastering a cosmetic composite veneers Steps 1 Lingual shell made Without lingual shell using mylar strip etch and bond Lingual shell back and achromatic enamel lingual shell Chromatic dentin layer Possibly a chromatic enamel layer used here Achromatic enamel layer Pencil lines for line angles. Peyton has nice article for shaping at […]
Dental Bonding Agents Basically all have an acidic conditioner, dentin primer, and bonding resin. 3M products Optibond products Bisco 4th Generation dental bonding agent Gold standard. 1 etch 2 rinse 3 prime 4 bond more technique sensitive Top 3 3M Adper Scotchbond Multi-purpose plus Optibond FL All-Bond 2 5th Generation dental bonding agent 1 etch […]
MMP inhibition MMP=matrix metalloproteinase=zinc-dependent endopeptidase that degrade extracellular matrix proteins. They are present in dentin and when exposed to a weak acid or even water become active so they do help slow decay grow. List of MMP inhibitors protease inhibitors Chlorhexidine galardin (synthetic MMP-inhibitor) green tea polyphenols (especially epigalolocatechin-3-gallate) tetracyclines and specifically doxycylcine Quaternary ammonium […]
Dental Composite Anesthetic: lower 27 gauge long (yellow tip) with 2 carps of 4% articaine (Septocaine) for block, upper or lower infiltration 30 gauge short (blue tip) with 1 carp 4% articaine (Septocaine). Always use the color of tip instead of having to say the word long needle in front of the patient. Also we […]
