Light energy is now a part of the equation in figuring how to optimize adhesion, reinforce material to dental structures, protect tissues, speed.

Dr. Irving Ellman, electrical engineer, inventor, and doctor of dental surgery, patented in 1976 a high-frequency radio wave generator using 3.8 MHz and.

The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature.

With the increased demand for natural-looking restorations, direct resin bonding is performed to conservatively and aesthetically restore posterior teeth. In the past our.

Twenty-five years after their inception, posterior composites remain unpredictable. In comparison to amalgam restorations, posterior composites show significantly higher failure rates, are more.

In Part 1 of this series, I discussed many issues related to communicating with our patients prior to case presentation (Dentistry Today, January.

Posterior composite dentistry has become a well-accepted treatment that many practitioners provide. Proper bonding techniques combined with the superior materials that are now.

Minimally invasive restorative dentistry has been described as the management of caries with a biological approach, rather than a traditional (surgical) operative approach;1.

The advent of computer-assisted design and computer-assisted manufacturing (CAD/CAM) has provided dentists with an expeditious and cost-effective means to provide full-and partial-coverage restorations.

Composite resin shrinkage is the cause of frequent class II open contacts. The scope of this problem is exemplified by observing the amazing.