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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Worried about BPA resin in your dental work? Are you concerned about BPA resin in dentistry? The number of chemicals in a composite filling is pretty large and many are known to be toxic to some degree. What does BPA resin do in humans? Let’s talk about what BPA resin does in the human body, […]
