BioCem Universal BioActive Cement

NuSmile’s crowning achievement is a new cement that’s in a class of its own

To say that Diane Johnson Krueger has learned a lot about working with crowns over the past 24 years would be an understatement of considerable proportions. After all, her company, NuSmile, Ltd., is the world leader in esthetic preformed pediatric crowns, with an unmatched reputation for the longest-lasting, most esthetic, and most anatomically correct crowns, delighting clinicians and patients alike.

Now NuSmile has expanded its offerings to include BioCem™ Universal BioActive Cement, its first product for use with custom-fabricated adult restorations.

“We always said that we would enter the market for adult dentistry only if we could develop a product that meets two criteria,” says Krueger. “First, it has to leverage our existing expertise in restorative dentistry. Second, it must offer clinicians a meaningful advantage over what they’re currently using. As soon as we received the independent clinical research on BioCem Universal BioActive Cement, it was clear that we had a product that blew away both criteria.”

“BioCem is the most significant and exciting new product category introduction in our history,” says Mark Binford, NuSmile’s senior vice president for new product development. “When we set out to develop a new cement, our goal was to change the game and create an entirely new class of cements. We’re thrilled that we were able to achieve our goal, which allows us to offer dentists and their patients the best possible combination of cementation characteristics and biological properties.” In fact, the company has gone so far as to trademark a term for this new class of cements: CemBiotic™.

Independent university studies show that BioCem delivers impressive bond strength between dentin and both zirconia and ceramic crowns. Additional studies have proven that BioCem forms hydroxyapatite, which is available to integrate with and replenish tooth structure—something that even the most advanced resin and resin-modified glass ionomer cements cannot do. Moreover, BioCem releases not only fluoride and phosphate, but calcium ions into the oral environment.

Binford stresses that BioCem has superior properties—even when compared to the newest calcium aluminate–based, hydroxyapatite-forming cements. As he points out, these first- generation bioactive cements can be wasteful and difficult to handle, and they release neither fluoride nor phosphate ions.

BioCem, in contrast, has been formulated and packaged into a convenient, simple-to-use, low-waste delivery system. Moreover, it is not necessary to prime the tooth or zirconia restorations. As a result, BioCem delivers exceptional convenience as well as time and cost savings.

“We couldn’t be more excited about the benefits BioCem brings to dental practices and their patients,” says Krueger. “We describe it as ‘the ultimate universal cement,’ and it really delivers.”

Given BioCem’s ability to deliver superior bond strength in the most popular anterior and posterior full-coverage esthetic restorations, as well as its unsurpassed bioactivity, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness, the description seems to be right on the money.

In Brief

Provides a superior bond between dentin and zirconia, lithiumdisilicate, leucite glass ceramic or stainless steel.

Actively mimics and is available to replenish the physical and chemical properties of the natural tooth and surrounding structures.

Shock-absorbing rubberized resin component delivers exceptional performance, making it much tougher than traditional cements.

For more information, contact:
NuSmile
800-346-5133
www.nusmile.com
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