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Composite Tooth-Colored Fillings, Safe and Aesthetically Pleasing

Swan Dental AZ

We use composite tooth-colored fillings at Swan Dental, Tucson, Arizona , to treat cavities. Dr. Colby Echols will remove the decay and seal your tooth with a composite filling to protect it from future infection. Here are some of the main advantages of choosing composite filling cavity treatment.

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Leveraging the Inside-Outside Bleaching Technique

Dentistry Today

There are several reasons a tooth may become internally discolored: pulp necrosis, intrapulpal hemorrhage, retention of pulp tissue at the time of root canal therapy, calcific metamorphosis, or internal resorption. The advantage of internal bleaching is that it generally conserves tooth structure.

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Penn Dental Medicine’s Geelsu Hwang Engineering a Next-Generation Dental Implant

Dentistry Today

While this technology has represented a leap of progress in dental care , over time, inflammation and gum disease—nurtured by microbial biofilms, or plaque—can affect the soft tissue and bone surrounding the implant and cause these tooth replacements to fail.

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Talking Tokuyama and OMNICHROMA FLOW BULK with Dr. Carla Cohn

Dentistry Today

OMNICHROMA FLOW BULK is a low viscosity, light-curing, radiopaque composite that offers infinite shade matching—from A1 to D4 with in-depth curing—a single bulk-fill flowable for all shades. They especially dive into OMNICHROMA FLOW BULK and everything it has to offer. The result: Uniquely natural and aesthetic.

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The Scorpion Technique: A Veneer-Seating Pearl

Dentistry Today

As they eagerly anticipate the delivery of their permanent veneers, it becomes imperative to execute a technique that guarantees the thorough removal of the flowable composite used to bond the temporary veneers. A flowable composite is then applied to the intaglio surface of the temporary veneers and placed on the prepared tooth structure.

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Effect of gastric acid on the surface roughness and bacterial adhesion of bulk-fill composite resins

Dental News and Technology

Abstract The purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate the effect of gastric acid on the surface roughness and biofilm formation of bulk-fill composite resins. The SEM images showed that gastric acid increased the formation of cracks, exposure of fillers and micro cavities for all composite resins.

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The Benefits of Single-Visit, In-Office 3D Printed Ceramic Resin Restorations

Dentistry Today

Partial-coverage restorations enable conservation of the remaining tooth structure, providing greater durability of restorations compared to full-coverage crown preparations that potentially unnecessarily remove healthy tooth structure. K Ic , which is very close to natural tooth structure.