Dear Restoratives Insider,
You just placed a restoration and have a choice -- do you use silver diamine fluoride (SDF), reducing the risk of secondary caries but also staining the tooth, or do you leave it as is? New research suggests SDF with potassium iodide might be a compromise between the two options. Read our Insider Exclusive.
In other Restoratives Community news, while you know that the average American drinks a lot of coffee -- 3.1 cups per day to be exact -- all this coffee poses a challenge to dentists who want to create natural-looking restorations. Fortunately, newer restorative materials may prevent coffee stains better than traditional composite resins. Read more here.
Do you use a curing light in your practice for restorations? A new study has found that almost a third of surveyed dentists used inadequate eye protection while using these lights, and many were not aware of the irradiance value of the curing light they were using, which meant the curing time could not be determined accurately. Learn more here.
Consensus guidelines help dentists make good clinical decisions about restorations and improve patient safety, but a new study has found that the quality of these guidelines in major implant dentistry journals is mediocre. Methodological improvements are needed to ensure that guidelines adhere to high, transparent standards, the authors noted. Read more here.
Also in the Restoratives Community, you'll find the following recent restoratives industry news:
- The National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research has pledged $24 million to support the development of two resource centers that will study tissue regeneration.
- Dental rotary instrument company Komet USA has introduced new double-sided diamond disks with coarse diamond grains.
- Materials and equipment company Shofu Dental has launched two new products, a bur holder and proprietary hybrid ceramic materials for CAD/CAM-based restorative dentistry.
- Roland DGA has launched a new 3D printer and a dental mill for dental laboratories.
