Good  one!
SP

Good point.... the eugenol is fresh and that's the opposite of what you
want. Why don't you use one of the sealers based on Ca(OH)2 instead????

I've been using the stuff for a couple of months, now, and I must
concurr: You can't sculpt it while applying it (as least _I_ can't...)
but it sculpts well with finishing diamonds and my favorite: the 1157
carbide steel bur. This is like an elongated 330 and is concave in the
middle part, and no crosswise striations. You can sculpt/polish with
this bur just about anywhere you don't need access with a pointed bur.
The more you use/sterilize it, the better it gets as a polisher.. If you
have them in your supply store, try it.

I've tried Geristore and Fugi 9 and Fugi 9 wins hands down. Only defect
I can see is that it is wasteful in that I never seem to have enough
sites to apply all that is in the capsule. I would like to see a powder/
liquid set, but that would be hard:you condition for 10 secs and rinse,
then you mix ten secs, stick it the applicator and apply ten secs. So,
there's no fooling around. You polymerize 10 secs, wait three mins,
sculpt/ polish and apply the protective resin. You don't even have to
re- etch.

You could try to convince your Profs to order a kit so y'all could fool
around with it. I'm sure GC America would be only too happy to furnish
an intro kit free of charge.

BE CAREFUL passing it over the patients' face and EYES..... ;-) Bring
your amalgammator in close if you're alone, and set it for 10 secs.

FWIW, Jeff Brucia (USAian dentist-researcher, USF) says that for his
money, there only two real players in the Glass Ionomer field: GC/Fugi
and 3M/ESPE (Vitremer, etc). The others are still perfecting the art.
So, take that FWIW: one dentist's opinion concerning JB's lecture seen
last May. This guy is worth seeing, IMO.

As to your comment about Fugi II LC being a bitch to manipulate: Get a
set of Centrix empty compules. There's one compule that is orange
colored and the tip is a bendable metal tube. I cut half the tube off
with the High Speed, have my assistant mix up some F II LC, I scoop it
up into the compule as you would impression material into a Monoject C&B
syringe, place the plastic plunger and a couple of cotton pellets behind
that, put it into the Centrix gun, and casually insert the tip into the
proximal box. Gently squeeze, and you're away. Don't worry too much
about taking too much time. F II LC is slower that F 9 to harden, and if
you go smoothly, you have time. The first time I did this in a REALLY
deep distal box (I was hearin' Chineese in there...) I was grinning
stupidly under my mask at how EASY AND FUN applying F II LC had suddenly
become.

If you don't have a Centrix, you can use an Am plugger (Biggest one that
fits) and place the stuff as best you can, swearing all the way, wait
till the autopolymerization reaction starts, and plug it in there as it
becomes stiff. I know I was altering the physical properties of the
stuff when I was doing this, but I couldn't see any other way. As soon
as it is in, take the handle part of your college pliers and use it as a
pen knife and scrape the residual stuff off your plugger. THEN take the
light to it in the mouth.
HTH
SP

Never seen it happen and have used it lots !
It does act as a dessicant though.
Place it in a wet cavity... no problemo.

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