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Jun 2017

Step-by-Step: Minimal Invasive Posteriors

What do we mean by minimal invasion? First, when starting preparations, we must preserve as much healthy tooth structure as possible. In this article we analyse one of the most popular methods today - preparation using air abrasion.

Tooth Restoration Using The Aquacare And Sylc Powder

Air abrasion is definitely in our armamentarium at our office and helps in creating excellence in our restorations. Below are a few photos recently, within the past few weeks, in which I used it and documented it with photos.

Sylc, Bioactive Glass: The Benefits are Intrinsic

Stephen Mann has described the principles of biomineralization in 2001 as “how living organisms secrete inorganic minerals in an organized manner with exceptional physical properties by virtue of finely controlled microstructure, morphology and hierarchal organization of the minerals and accompanying organic material. ”¹That is, that the body is able to take selected inorganic materials when presented in the proper way and in the proper quantities and use them to essentially reconstruct solid structure, such as tooth structure.

My Best Handpiece

If asked what handpiece in my office I would conside to be the most valuable, I would consider its characteristics first. For example, is it effective for the majority of hard-tissue procedures? Does it cause pain to my patients? Does it cause collateral or iatrogenic damage to teeth? Is it quiet? Does it create a clean cut and the best bond strength? Is it able to polish stains easily?

Cracked Tooth Syndrome

There are many references to cracked tooth syndrome in dental literature. However, few references have actually pinpointed the cause of most fractures ... the dental high speed handpiece!

Minimally Invasive Dentistry - "Do No Harm"

The ADA clearly states in its Code of Ethics that in regard to patient care, a dentist must "DO NO HARM". Most practitioners think of these words and feel they indicate some gross injury they might inflict on a patient. However, more often, the harm done to tooth structure is in the form of microfracturing during routine restorative procedures.

Confessions of a laser dentist

I want to make it clear. I love my laser, I use it every day and I would never give it up.With that being said...I need to give you some history.

Air abrasion to achieve Biomimetic Preparation

Air abrasion units are not new. The first units were introduced to the profession in 1948. The technique did not enjoy widespread acceptance primarily because of the inability to create retentive forms for amalgam restorations.

Microdentistry updated

"Needle' and 'drilling' are the most objectionable words in most people's vocabulary for dental treatments. Before the 1940s, drilling with steel burs in belt driven, slow speed handpieces was traumatic, noisy, vibrating and painful and, in addition, dentists used 'novocain' mostly for extractions.

Digital - Let the systems do the thinking...

Chatting at the week-end, over lunch on Saturday, with my wife and teenage daughter we got onto the subject of photography. We reminisced about film speeds (ASA100, 200, 400 etc) forgetting to set it on the camera correctly would ruin all the Christmas pictures of Aunt Mabel asleep in the armchair during the Queens speech - having over-indulged - again. We extolled the virtues of aperture settings (f stop) of how to improve depth of field - if this was required – to show the rest of the family having fun at Aunt Mabel's expense.

Fluid Abrasion an old story or a new one?

Back in the early 1990's Air Abrasion units were re-launched (they started life back in 1945) with great excitement, alongside Nd:YAG Lasers – only to cover their operators with powder! The KCP units launched at Alexandra Palace in 1990, were huge, expensive units plugged into the mains but what has changed since?

Aquacut Quattro fluid abrasion unit in Tanzania

Mwanza, in Tanzania, is now firmly on the map as far as Fluid Abrasion is concerned! Velopex have provided an Aquacut Quattro which has been installed at the busy Bridge2Aid Hope Dental Centre in Mwanza.

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