Has the failure rate of direct resin composite restorations in vital posterior teeth improved over the last decade or decreased? Researchers from Australia examined this important clinical question in ...

When a composite resin restoration fails, the most common approach is to replace it. Now, a new study has compared the outcomes over a 10-year period of replacing a composite restoration versus ...

Reports the consensus views of delegates attending the 2005 meeting of the British Association of the Teachers of Conservative Dentistry which addressed the subject of 'Contemporary direct materials ...

Figure 1. This preoperative occlusal view shows a carious lesion on the mesioproximal surface of tooth #15. A Class II direct composite was chosen in this case to restore this area. Figure 2. Applying ...

Points out that the use of dental amalgam as a restorative is declining. Explains that many practitioners remain reluctant to use resin composites in posterior teeth but attitudes vary internationally ...

Tokuyama Dental introduces DENTAESTHIQUE 2025, a two-day congress focused on composite artistry in aesthetic dentistry.

Fewer trips to the dentist may be in your future, and you have mussels to thank. Inspired by the mechanisms mussels use to adhere to inhospitable surfaces, researchers have developed a new type of ...

No material in the history of dentistry has undergone as much of an evolution as composite resin, especially since successful bonding to dentin was achieved. Since then, the goal of clinical and ...