The next big boom in clinical dentistry may be how we take impressions. There are a lot of companies working on digital impressioning now. If it catches on, it will completely replace how we do impressions and how labs fabricate crowns. It’s going to be the next real rage. I had a chance to see [...]

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In a dental practice there is sometimes too much to do for one assistant, even two assistant. Well if you have not checked this out you should: www.isolitesystems.com . It is like an extra set of hands, retracts the cheek, keeps the tongue out of the way, allows the patient the comfort of a bite [...]

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The Future of Dentin Bonding
            There is a good possibility that the approach to bonding composite resin to dentinal surfaces will change dramatically; and it is likely that this change will occur in the not too distant future. Ironically, the approach to adhesion will revert to that taken at the very beginning (over four decades [...]

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I just tried these burs from Axis Dental called Razor burs. They are fantastic! They cut through both the porcelain and metal very easily. There was no chatter noticed. I used them with both NSK and KaVo electric hand pieces.
 
Tony
 

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I visited CRA on December 8th and did some testing with the CRA staff and Gordon Christensen. We tested Simplicity, Surpass and Interface.
Simplicity is a two bottle no-rinse adhesive system, Surpass is a 3 bottle no-rinse adhesive system, and Interface is a porcelain/enamel/dentin primer.
We got 31 mPa immediate bond strength for Simplicity, and 51 [...]

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We have all been on other forums where anyone can post anything about anyone. This often leads to angry and self-ritious grandstanding. In other words, confrontation for the sake of protecting ones turf, as opposed to simply sharing ideas for the simple sake of helping others. All the authors of this forum have the obligation [...]

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I’m attaching the preview of the abstract submitted for IADR approval (not yet accepted). We tested more groups than what is presented in the abstract submission (long story my co-authors wife had a grand mal seizure and has been diagnosed with an operable brain tumor but needless to say we took a time out trying [...]

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The report from REALITY about MAXCEM: Here’s what they say for 2005: Preliminary immediate bond strengths after 40 seconds of light curing …was 9.9mPA on enamel, 3.1mPA on dentin. When Optibond FL Primer is used before Maxcem, the immediate dentin bond strength improves to 11.3mpA and 19.2mPA after 24 hours. Early clinical reports have also [...]

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I attended a very interesting meeting this past weekend where it seemed to be the general consenus that the older multi-bottle systems are actual better than the newer systems. Some seemed to think that it is because the older systems were more hydrophobic and therefore resisted hydrolysis and degradation of the bond - unlike the [...]

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just spent 2 days with Dr. Gary Waldron doing on site training for my CEREC 3D………made a huge difference in my speed and ability with the machine. I’d highly recommend him for anyone who wants to increase their proficiency with the CEREC unit.
he was in the office for 2 full days while we treated patients. [...]

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