Who isn’t familiar with most patients’ desire for whiter teeth and a brighter smile? Help them reach their goal with 12 easy tips and tricks - beyond tooth whitening and preventive care! They will love you!

When it comes to restorative dentistry, Class II posterior restorations comprise about 50% of all cases performed by general practitioners. When it comes to these often tricky cases, Ultradent Products’ new and improved Omni-MatrixTM disposable retainer and matrix is the perfect tool to help clinicians create beautiful posterior Class II restorations.

What began as a critically viewed fad has now established itself in modern esthetic dentistry: treatments involving tooth whitening have become extremely popular. According to surveys, fifty percent of people asked wish to have brighter whiter teeth. After all they convey health, vitality, and attractiveness. And these attributes in turn are associated with success and sympathy.

Tooth Sensitivity During Whitening Treatments

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If you’ve ever logged onto Pinterest or any other social media platform, you’ve no doubt seen some of the many trends, tricks, and recipes for easy, cheap, “at-home teeth whitening” treatments.

During a root canal procedure, it's imperative that clinicians debride and cleanse canals thoroughly with endodontic irrigants—even where instruments can't reach. However, this can prove tricky, as irrigants must reach where they are needed without expressing beyond the apex of the canal.

The desire for whiter teeth and attaining the associated ideal of beauty are probably as old as mankind itself. However, it is interesting to note that many patients are still hesitant and critical when it comes to tooth whitening. Questions about the possible risks for enamel and general oral health keep coming up. There are also concerns about irreversible sensitivities and related complaints. In these cases comprehensive counseling is particularly important. We inform patients that, contrary to numerous rumors, the enamel is neither removed nor damaged, because when professional whitening products are used, molecules are exchanged during the whitening process. During this process, oxygen radicals decompose the color pigments in the tooth and start the whitening process. In our practice, it is important for us to exclusively use products that do not cause enamel damage, as their mode of action is based on the exchange of molecules. Furthermore, we are careful to choose products based on potassium nitrate, which reduce dehydration of the teeth and thus counteract the formation of sensitivities during treatment. In our experience, sensitivities can thus be virtually ruled out. Should sensitivities nevertheless occur, they usually disappear again within a few days by themselves. To accelerate this, patients should drink plenty of water, particularly in the morning, to compensate for dehydration. In some cases, additional treatment can be carried out with a desensitizer based on potassium nitrate, such as UltraEZ TM, if necessary.

Prosthetics was my favorite topic during my time as a student at Loma Linda University in California, as well as later as a young dentist. I was fascinated by exact fitting crowns, bridges, and inlays made of gold alloy. But on the other hand, I was even more disappointed when I noticed that a crown margin turned out to be insufficient and did not match with the preparation margin.

Introduction The evolution of modern composite systems has enabled clinicians to obtain increasingly efficient results from both an aesthetic as well as a functional point of view. In fact, the introduction of filler particles of different sizes has improved the performance of composites, allowing the combination of ideal aesthetic results due to high biomechanical composite material characteristics and the adhesive tooth restoration complex.