Dental Materials Literature Reviews

     

                                                                               

                               

 

Dental Materials Literature Reviews

 

Amalgam and Amalgam Restorations

Another Reason to Consider Repair Instead of Replacement (6/08)

Amalgam Margin Repair (9/06)

Safety of Amalgam in Children (7/06)

Amalgam Safety and Children (7/06)

Postoperative Sensitivity with Amalgam Restorations (6/06)

Amalgam Safety (3/05)

Bonding of Complex Amalgam Restorations (7/04)

Survival of Repaired and Recemented Restorations (7/04)

2003 ADA Mercury Hygiene Recommendations (1/04)

Survival of Large Posterior Restorations (11/03)

Repairing Endodontic Access Openings: A Possible Shortcoming? (1/03)

 

Bleaching

Home vs. In-Office Bleaching (9/03)

 

Bonding and Bonding Agents

Taking Your Time While Restoring Class V Restorations Seems to Pay Off in the Long Run (11/09)

Simplified Adhesives May Not Provide Simple Margins Down The Road (8/09)

5-Year Clinical Effectiveness of a 2-Step, Self-Etching Adhesive (7/07)

Don't Count on the Fluoride in Dental Adhesives (7/07)

Effectiveness of Adhesives (9/05)

Bond Strengths on Cut or Uncut Enamel (9/05)

Effect of Handpiece Lubricant on Bond Strengths (9/05)

Clinical Study Using a Self-Etching Adhesive (5/05)

Bonding Effectiveness of Self-Etch Adhesives (3/05)

Adhesives and Flowable Composites: Effect on Sensitivity (2/05)

Improved Bonding to Dentin with Multiple Adhesive Applications (9/04)

Bonding of Complex Amalgam Restorations (7/04)

Postoperative Sensitivity and Bonding Agents (2/04)

Clinical Evaluation of a Self-Etching Adhesive (1/04)

Amalgam Bonding: Sealing Better in the Long Run? (12/03)

Marginal Integrity of Sealants with Self-Etching Bonding Agents (12/03)

Bonding of Self-Etching Adhesives to Caries-Affected Dentin (11/03)

Caries-Affected Dentin and Bonding (11/03)

Using a Self-Etching Adhesive for Sealant Application (11/03)

Does the Smear Layer Get in the Way? (5/03)

Stuck on Caries: Do Adhesives Work? (1/03)

Do New Adhesives Bond to Uncut Enamel? (1/03)

 

Cements

Enamel May Still Need Phosphoric Acid Etch with Self-Etch Resin Luting Agents (3/08)

Post-Operative Sensitivity with Luting Cements (8/04)

Putting Cements to the Test (9/03)

Permanent Cements (5/03)

 

Ceramics

Surface Treatment Protocols for Indirect Tooth-Colored Restorations (10/05)

Ten-Year Clinical Study of Porcelain Veneers (9/04)

Fracture Strength of Crowns (5/03)

 

Composites / Compomers / Glass Ionomers / Giomers

More Evidence To Consider Resin Composite Repair Instead of Replacement (2/10)

Another Reason to Consider Repair Instead of Replacement (6/08)

Soft-Start Polymerization Technique Revisited: Some Clinical Evidence (6/08)

WHAT? Retention Grooves For Resins? (1/08)

Microfilled or Hybrid Resin Composites In Cervical Lesions? (6/07)

Resin-Modified Glass-Ionomer Materials Still a Good Tool for the Clinician's Toolbox (3/07)

Glass-Ionomer Materials Are Still a Piece of the Clinical Treatment Puzzle (11/06)

What to use in those pesky Class V Lesions (9/06)

Composites with Stained Margins . . . Repair or Replace (9/06)

Bisphenol-A Exposure from Sealants (5/06)

Packable Versus Conventional Hybrid Composites (1/06)

Adhesives and Flowable Composites: Effect on Sensitivity (2/05)

Hybrid vs. Microfill Composites in Class V Lesions (9/04)

Microleakage under Flowable Liners (6/04)

Clinical Performance of a Compomer in Posterior Permanent Teeth (5/04)

Fracture Toughness of Composites and Compomers (3/04)

Flowables as Liners (9/03)

Cracking the Packable Composites (5/03)

Do Packable Composites Really Help in Establishing a Good Proximal Contact? (5/03)

Don't Compomer-ise your Restorations! (5/03)

 

Endodontics

Don't throw away your gutta percha just yet (3/08)

 

Fluoride

The Latest Word about Professionally Applied Topical Fluoride (11/06)

Fluoride-Releasing Restorative Materials and Recurrent Caries (5/03)

Fluoride in Restorative Materials: Does it Make a Difference? (1/03)