Scientists have revealed 'sweet points' for dental fillings, where cement used to fill cracks regain elasticity before hardening indefinitely. This could have implications for creating more durable ...

Vita Zahnfabrik recommends RelyX Unicem self-adhesive resin cement from 3M ESPE for adhesive cementation of its Vitablocs feldspar ceramic crowns, the company announced. Users of Vitablocs -- which ...

LOWELL — The way we replace teeth and do dental work may never be the same thanks to a new, synthetic glue being tested by Lowell-based LaunchPad Medical. LaunchPad Medical was recently given approval ...

April 13, 2012 (Tampa, Florida) — A new dental crown, IPS e.Max CAD (Ivoclar Vivadent), showed excellent scores for margin adaptation, caries, crown fracture, and margin discoloration after 4 years in ...

Made from a mixture of glass and an organic acid, glass ionomer cement is a tooth-coloured filling material available in different shades. It requires minimum tooth reduction and bonds chemically to ...

The removed 9.5-mm prosthetic dental crown. Multiple factors are linked to loosening or fractured dental crowns, including caries, poor oral hygiene, cement types, periodontal disease, and poor ...

I’ll never forget the time a temporary crown fell out of my mouth on a weeklong trip 3,000 miles from home. Ah, memories: the gross feeling against my tongue of the little stump of tooth; the jolting ...

48 denture-bonded crowns evaluated at four years. 6% failure, one crown failing due to fracture, two because of cracks. Nil incidence of pulp problems, minimal incidence of debonding. Denture bonded ...