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Zirconia in Indirect Restorations: Clinical Insights on Cleaning, Cementing, Adhesion, and Primer Usage
Achieving strong adhesion to zirconia necessitates using a zirconia-specific primer. Traditional silanes used for ceramic restorations are ineffective with zirconia. A zirconia primer, such as Silmet’s ProLink Cem Primer, contains MDP-based chemistry that ensures proper chemical bonding to zirconia. This primer must be applied as the initial layer, followed by...
Unveiling the Bizarre: Exploring Weird and Unusual Dental Trends from Around the Globe
When it comes to dentistry, we often think of routine cleanings, fillings, and braces, yet people of many cultures see teeth not only as just an instrument for biting or chewing food, but also as a reflection of a person’s overall status and wealth. In today’s society, we view the...
Choosing and Using Dental Cements
The world of dentistry has come a long way in the past 50 years. Gone are the days when dentists had a simple choice between gold crowns and zinc phosphate cement. Today's dental professionals face a complex array of restorative materials and luting cements, each with its own strengths and...
Advances in Cosmetic Dentistry
Technological advances are getting increasingly smarter. 3D printing and AI are two areas that are a hot topic today. Let’s dive in and see how these advances are starting to be applied to cosmetic dentistry. 3D printing has been around for years now but has only been used more recently...