ADHESIVES
Three things you can do today to improve the quality of your adhesive restorations - by Nelson Gendusa, DDS and Richard Goldman, DDS
It doesn’t really matter what materials you use, these suggestions will help you reduce sensitivity and create stronger adhesive bonds. [HTML]
ADHESIVE NEWSLETTER #54: When is it best to etch, even though you’re using a “self-etch” bonding agent? Amalgam beats composite in yet another clinical comparison. New paper reveals the consequences of microleakage for the clinical dentist. [PDF]
ADHESIVE NEWSLETTER #53: More hints about protecting crown preps with Brush&Bond. Brush&Bond’s performance in the ADA’s clinical survey. How to be an “evidence-based” attendee the next CE course. Why your radiometer may not be telling you the truth about your curing light. The perennial problem with in vitro research. [PDF]
ADHESIVE NEWSLETTER #52: A chart listing (1) different adhesive applications, (2) which Parkell adhesives we think is best for each, and (3) why. New research confirms, you can’t judge the quality of an enamel bond by looking at the etch pattern. [PDF]
ADHESIVE NEWSLETTER #51: White lines around direct composites - What causes them & How to eliminate them. Sodium Hypochlorite before bonding - Less is best. Results of a 3-year clinical study into cervical desensitization. [PDF]
ADHESIVE NEWSLETTER #50: Six things a dental speaker won't tell you. What the chemistry in the Brush&Bond brush brings to the table. How to clean up after a C&B-Metabond cementation. [PDF]
ADHESIVE NEWSLETTER #49: How to combine Brush&Bond with Absolute Dentin to cement posts. A small hint that may extend the shelf-life of all your filled flowables. Trouble shooting impression problems after protecting the prep with a bonding agent. [PDF]
ADHESIVE NEWSLETTER #48: How smart is it to prewarm composite? The important difference between "Science BS" vs "Marketing BS". How to clean up old, polymerized C&B-Metabond. An easy procedure for reliably bonding composite to both tooth structure and old composite. [PDF]
ADHESIVE NEWSLETTER #47: New Survey Results: Dentists who've used Touch&Bond and Brush&Bond for 3-5 years reveal most-frequent problems, technique suggestions and one application where one of the bonding agents clearly out performs the other. [PDF]
ADHESIVE NEWSLETTER #46: How important is it to remove the last scintilla of caries? 10 things the authors of a research paper won't tell you! How to get the kind of composite finish you're looking for. [PDF]
ADHESIVE NEWSLETTER #45: Do patients complain of discomfort when you cement crowns? Here's a quick solution that doesn't involve needles. Getting rid of white lines around direct composites. New research into resin pulp caps. [PDF]
ADHESIVE NEWSLETTER #41: The single best advice you'll ever read for troubleshooting an uncooperative bonding agent. REVEALED! Why we advertise Brush&Bond and not Touch&Bond. Solving bonded core problems. And a lot more. [PDF]
ADHESIVE NEWSLETTER #42: New research into treating cervical sensitivity. One reason why C&B-Metabond bonds so much more tenaciously than certain research predicts. [PDF]
ADHESIVE NEWSLETTER #43:The temporary crown - How to prevent sensitivity, secondary caries, pulpal complications during the two weeks between prepping and final cementation. Independent organizations rate Parkell products. And more [PDF]
ADHESIVE NEWSLETTER #44: Should self-etchers be rubbed, agitated or just "applied" to dentin? How effective is light-curing down a post hole? Nanoleakage and the "reality test." [PDF]
ADHESIVE
NEWSLETTER #39 - by Nelson Gendusa, DDS
• How to evaluate adhesives - or any
other new dental material
• When air-prepping for a bonded restoration may be a REALLY
BAD idea!
• Nanoleakage: Oh GREAT, something else to worry about.
and more. [PDF]
CAREFUL!
YOUR NEW LIGHT MAY NOT CURE YOUR BONDING AGENT! -
by Nelson Gendusa, DDS
Curing technology has been evolving in two different directions.
Unless you understand this, you and your patients may be in for
some big surprises. [HTML]
THE INSIGNIFICANCE OF BOND STRENGTH
- by Nelson Gendusa, DDS
If you're choosing your bonding agent based on bond strength data,
you're operating under a delusion. You might as well be choosing
it based on the color of the package. Here's why [HTML]
ADHESIVE NEWSLETTER #37 - by Nelson
Gendusa, DDS
• More questions and user comments
concerning Touch&Bond
• Desperately seeking
some evidence of "evidence-based dentistry"!
• Unless you're careful sodium hypochlorite can destroy subsequent
bonding. [HTML]
ADHESIVE NEWSLETTER #36 - by Nelson Gendusa, DDS
Opinionated, humorous, informative. In this issue, Nelson blisters
some of the cosmetic lecturers, discusses the need to disinfect
preps, and explains why your philosophy of bonding should match
your adhesive manufacturer's. [HTML]
ARE YOU SELECTING YOUR BONDING AGENT FOR
THE WRONG REASON? - by Nelson
Gendusa, DDS
Forget bond strength. Most adhesives provide adequate bond. The
really important question is "How well do they seal?"
Here's an introduction to the Japanese concept of "super-adhesion."
[HTML]
"NO-ETCH" ADHESIVES: Results of a clinical
survey
Results of a survey of dentists who had collectively bonded more
than 75,000 restorations with no-etch Touch&Bond. Reveals
which bonding agents they'd previously used, and how T&B compares
in terms of bond-reliability, post-op sensitivity, chairtime,
etc. Shows what restorative materials are being bonded. Users
discuss strengths and limitations of self-etch bonding agents.
Tables. Graphs. [HTML]
[PDF]
BONDED AMALGAM - A RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHY
This is for hard-core skeptics who don't mind wading through dull
technical data. Provides abstracts of approximately 100 independent
research papers involving Amalgambond. [PDF]
FRACTURED TEETH by
Dr. Nobuo Masaka
Here's how one of the world's premier adhesive dentists uses C&B-Metabond
to repair hopelessly fractured teeth with dislocated fragments.
Step-by-step procedure showing extraction, extraoral endo, adhesive
repair and replantation and stabilization. [HTML]
ADHESIVE PERIODONTAL SPLINTING
by Nelson Gendusa, DDS
This is absolutely the fastest, simplest way to stabilize highly
mobile teeth. [HTML]
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