VisionButler is an autoclavable silicone retractor designed to improve visibility, patient comfort, and efficiency across hygiene, restorative, whitening, orthodontics, imaging, and photography. Learn how this small innovation can streamline workflow while reducing waste and cost per procedure.
Dull instruments affect efficiency, ergonomics, and productivity. This article looks at why sharpening is such a challenge, and what options dental hygienists have today.
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Courtesy of Dr. Johan Figueira, DDS and Dr. John Monges, DDS
Early advances in resin-based materials broadened their use to direct posterior restorations. Conventional composite resin restorations (designed to be placed in 2mm increments) are subject to problems associated with polymerization contraction, which may generate microfiltration, air trapped between layers, and cuspal deflection.
PROF. LOUIS HARDAN
Nowadays, photography is becoming more powerful in dentistry and dentists
are trying so hard to take good pictures for different purposes. For that reason a
professional camera with all the accessories (ring flash, twin flash, macro-lens…)
is needed, but not everyone can afford it or knows how to use it in the right way.
Byoung I. Suh, MS, PhD
INTRODUCTION OF UNIVERSAL ADHESIVES
In 2012, dental manufacturers started introducing new “universal” adhesives, which could be used as a total-etch (TE) and self-etch (SE) adhesive, and claimed it could replace all previous generations of adhesives. Ideally, the dream adhesive would satisfy the following criteria:
Dr. Liang Chen, Dr. Douglas Brown, Dr. Byoung In Suh
Zirconia: the Future of Aesthetic Indirect Restorative Dentistry
Current dental all-ceramic systems can be classified into three categories: porcelains, glass ceramics (such as lithium disilicate), and polycrystalline ceramics (such as zirconia and alumina).
Can I sharpen Sharp Diamond instruments?
No, Sharp Diamond instruments cannot be sharpened. The tip’s resistance to wear is based on an extremely durable metal alloy and the micro membrane coating that protects it. Sharpening removes the protective coating and weakens the tip, and thus, the functionality of the instrument is weakened.
