Materials Articles

• To Thine Own Self Be True

  John C. Comisi, DDS, MAGD
  Inside Dentistry - June 2012

  Good clinical judgment is paramount in every treatment that dental professionals render

• Making Accurate Master Impressions

  John C. Cranham, DDS
  Inside Dentistry - June 2012

  Guidelines for predictably capturing the detail and occlusal morphology the laboratory needs to create successful C&B restorations

• Indirect Millable Non-Zirconia Ceramics

  David Gratton, DDS, MS
  Inside Dental Technology - May 2012

  A review of chairside and lab systems for fabricating indirect millable non-zirconia ceramics.

• Layered Light Refraction and Reflection in Esthetics

  Douglas J. Frye, CDT
  Inside Dental Technology - May 2012

  Review of optical principles for esthetics in three materials

• Chairside CAD/CAM

  Dennis J. Fasbinder, DDS, ABGD
  Inside Dentistry - May 2012

  A review of material options for CAD/CAM dentistry

• Direct Resin Posterior Restorations

  Grant T. Chyz, DDS
  Inside Dentistry - April 2012

  How to achieve predictable results with posterior composite restorations

• Machinable Zirconia

  Russell Giordano II, DMD, CAGS, DMSc
  Inside Dental Technology - March 2012

  Review of the physical properties and uses of zirconia for restorations.

• Material Considerations

  Inside Dental Technology - March 2012

  Sidebar to Hands On

• A High-Strength, Metal-Free Alternative to Traditional Denture Prostheses

  Stan Lott, CDT, AACD
  Inside Dental Technology - March 2012

  When zirconia substructures are fitted with customized, pressed all-ceramic restorations instead of prefabricated resin denture teeth, edentulous patients have a predictable and highly esthetic fixed ...

• Next-Generation Materials

  Pam Johnson
  Inside Dental Technology - March 2012

  Feature on the up-and-coming materials that will shape the future of dental practice.

• Adhesives—Newer Is Not Always Better: Part 2

  Leendert (Len) Boksman, DDS, BSc, FADI, FICD, Gregg Tousignant, CDT, Lee W. Boushell, DMD, MS, Gildo Coelho Santos, Jr., DDS, MSc, PhD
  Inside Dentistry - March 2012

  Part 2 offers an update and overview of self-etch adhesive systems and addresses postoperative sensitivity associated with total-etch adhesives.

• Sealing Exposed Dentin for a Maximum Bond

  Jack D. Griffin, Jr., DMD
  Inside Dentistry - March 2012

  This article discusses the clinical advantages of immediate dentin sealing.

• Becoming a Bench Top Clinician

  Joshua Polansky, MDC, BA
  Inside Dental Technology - February 2012

  How do technicians restore a single central in a less than ideal situation? The answer is that we need to broaden our knowledge to the clinical side of dentistry, going beyond the technical.

• Adhesives: Newer Is Not Always Better—Part 1

  Leendert (Len) Boksman, DDS, BSc, FADI, FICD, Gregg Tousignant, CDT, Lee W. Boushell, DMD, MS, Gildo Coelho Santos, Jr., DDS, MSc, PhD
  Inside Dentistry - February 2012

  Review of current bonding systems and their advantages/disadvantages compared with previous systems

• Ceramics: Rationale for Material Selection

  Edward A. McLaren, DDS, MDC, MDS, Yair Y. Whiteman, DMD
  Inside Dentistry - February 2012

  A systematic process for treatment planning with ceramic materials