Dental materials

Though it is not quite a dental materials subject, I have been involved in clinical testing of electronic apex locators with my colleagues a...

The ISO4049 standard explains in detail how the depth of cure is measured and what is minimum depth that composites must have in order to co...

Esstech, Inc. develops and manufactures advanced materials for many biomedical fields including dental materials. In their range of products...

A long time ago, Michael Buonocore, one of the pioneers of adhesive dentistry, suggested four approaches to overcome the lack of adhesion b...

In addition to conventional and resin-modified glass-ionomer cements, a nano-filled resin-modified glass ionomer cement, or “nano-ionomer”, ...

Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) is a mixture of a refined Portland cement and bismuth oxide, and also contains trace amounts of SiO2, CaO, ...

Ceramic inserts have been designed as single-visit systems and an alternative to conventional ceramic restorations produced in two appointme...

In 2007, 3M ESPE launched a new resin-based composite, Filtek Silorane (FS), and its adhesive system. Both the composite and the adhesive s...

A new one-step self-etch adhesive, Adhese One F, manufactured by Ivoclar Vivadent has been sent to the Santini Miletic Research Group ...