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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / February 2007New dental restorative materials
I just read article here http://www.swri.org/3pubs/ttoday/spring98/bite.htm Is this currently in operations? If you mean do dentists now have this material to use restoring teeth, the answer is no. Composite, amalgam, gold, and porcelain are all very good restorative materials. However none of them are perfect. I'm sure that better materials are under development, but it is a difficult challenge to find a material that is strong, bonds well, does not shrink, does not expand, is esthetic, and has other physical properties similar to tooth structure. D > I just read article here http://www.swri.org/3pubs/ttoday/spring98/bite.htm > > Is this currently in operations? > I'm sure that better materials are under development, but it is a > difficult challenge to find a material that is strong, bonds well, > does not shrink, does not expand, is esthetic, and has other physical > properties similar to tooth structure. > > D Hey D, Do you remember about 15 years ago when a gallium-based alloy was introduced? I was still in dental school at the time but I remember much talk about it. It was still taking me 2 hours to do an occlucal amalgam on a premolar. Did anyone on smd every use it? From what I recall, I think it was called Galloy and was really hard to carve once it sets up. John >> I'm sure that better materials are under development, but it is a >> difficult challenge to find a material that is strong, bonds well, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > John Anything is hard to carve once it sets up! ;-) That's OK, I remember my dental school daze too. Steve > Hey D, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > John It was talked about for quite a while, but IIRC, it expanded too much on setting, particularly if subjected to moisture upon placement. Hard to work with and it split teeth. Never saw any of it first hand. D Tried a sample on a relative...they want free care, then they have to be prepared to be a test dummy...didn't like the handling properties, and didn't like finished result. I replaced it less than a year later and it seemed soft when removing. Odd?!? T > > Hey D, > > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > D > I just read article here http://www.swri.org/3pubs/ttoday/spring98/bite.htm > > Is this currently in operations? To my knowledge, there is no material like this ready for marketing. Looks interesting though--thanks for posting. Steve  SignatureMark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 >> I just read article here http://www.swri.org/3pubs/ttoday/spring98/bite.htm >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Steve Did you notice where the 3.4 million went ? |
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