Ask the Expert: An Interview with Dimple Desai, DDS, AAACD on Universal Composite
Admin2023-05-19T09:03:57-04:00By Dimple Desai, DDS, AAACD
What are the most important features you believe most dentists look for in a composite system?
Optimizing Aesthetics and Predictability in the Placement of Posterior Composite Resin Restorations
Admin2022-09-08T13:56:04-04:00By Robert Lowe, DDS, FAGD, FICD, FADI, FACD
The term “universal” seems to be used frequently in the adhesion/composite resin materials world today. It has always been a struggle to find such a material that can adequately replace two very different types of tissues, namely enamel and dentin. Dentin is more opaque yet resilient, while enamel is
Simple Anterior Composite Restorations
Admin2022-09-08T14:01:35-04:00By Nate Lawson, DMD, MA, PhD
A patient presented to the University of Alabama, School of Dentistry with fractured composites on the mesial incisal edges of his left central and lateral incisors that had been placed 20 years previously.
Success and Predictable Results with Anterior Composites Every Single Time
Admin2023-11-03T15:26:16-04:00By David Chan, DMD, AAACD
The ability to rehabilitate or enhance a smile using direct composite restorations in the esthetic zone can be considered the ultimate challenge for the cosmetic dentist.
Simple, Beautiful, and Predictable Class V Restorations
Admin2023-06-29T13:19:27-04:00By Marc Geissberger, DDS, MA, BS, CPT
In general, people are retaining their teeth much longer than decades past. With this increase of tooth retention, the need to maintain and protect teeth has never been greater. Non-carious Class V lesions have become commonplace.
Restoring a Lateral Incisor to Proper Dimensions After Orthodontic Treatment
Admin2022-09-08T14:58:29-04:00By Danièle Larose, DMD, AAACD
The most conservative method of restoring a Class IV fracture or correcting an anterior tooth size discrepancy is often composite resin.
Facially Driven, Single Opacity Composite Veneers
Admin2023-04-06T10:26:44-04:00By Mark Bowes, BDS Rand
Tooth wear has become a common problem, and today it affects both young and old patients. Ceramic veneers have been the standard treatment for many years. However, patients today are looking for more conservative and more cost-effective ways to treat missing, diseased, and unsightly tooth structure.
Take Esthetics to a New Level of Efficiency and Convenience – Clinical Article
Jocelyn Flagel2022-09-08T15:52:03-04:00By Doug Harvey, BSc., DDS
The cost of delivering dentistry is seemingly always on the rise. With an increased interest in being more involved in their treatment, the well-informed patient has placed a spotlight on receiving high quality esthetic restorations provided in a safe and time-efficient manner.
Maxillary Anterior Aesthetic Reconstruction on Natural Teeth and Dental Implants – A Case Report
cciwp2022-08-08T11:32:58-04:00Dr. Lowe graduated magna cum laude from Loyola University School of Dentistry in 1982 and was a Clinical Professor in Restorative Dentistry until its closure in 1993. He maintains a private practice in Charlotte, NC, and Chicago, IL, lectures internationally and publishes in well-known dental journals on aesthetic and restorative dentistry. Dr. Lowe is a member [...]
Take Your Restorations to the Next Level With Evanesce
cciwp2022-08-09T09:27:25-04:00Take Your Restorations to the Next Level with Evanesce Was it Evanesce’s ability to disappear into the tooth and mask the margin on your Class III’s and IV’s? Was it the ease that Evanesce condenses and adapts into your Class II preparations without slumping or pull-back? Or was it the speed [...]