Cosmedent introduces Renamel Bulkfill

Cosmedent has launched Renamel Bulkfill, its posterior composite bulkfill that the company calls “the amalgam of composite.” Designed for one-step placement, Renamel Bulkfill can be packed, sculpted, and polished, according to the firm. Cosmedent said that Renamel Bulkfill’s new technology cures up to 4 mm and is available in five natural shades that are not overly translucent. What’s more, the material rivals the speed of amalgam placement, the vendor said.

Carestream Dental, Slowdentistry partner

Carestream Dental and Slowdentistry have partnered to boost the use of digital dentistry. Under the agreement, Carestream will offer select membership opportunities to its users and share and promote guidance from Slowdentistry, which is part of the Swiss-regulated Foundation for Excellence in Dentistry. Slowdentistry embraces modern digital dentistry, including capturing pretreatment cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans and digital impressions.

Zirconia shines in review of systematic reviews

Zirconia received satisfactory marks in a new review of systematic reviews of the restorative material. While zirconia-ceramic restorations came with technical, biological, and aesthetic complications, many of these complications did not affect restoration functionality and could be fixed during routine care. Zirconia is one of the most popular tooth-colored restoration materials, but the technology and aesthetics have improved over time. The new qualitative review summarized the evidence on the restorative

Complications common following dental implant therapy

More than 40% of patients who received dental implants experienced complications within a nine-year period in research presented recently at the University of Gothenburg. The research led by Karolina Karlsson, PhD, from Sahlgrenska Academy showed that 42% of the patients had at least one complication. The most common type was technical complications, which were mostly isolated phenomena. The strongest risk factor was the extent of the implant-supported reconstruction. The research

Caring for Your Crown

Dental crowns are one of the most trusted and versatile ways to improve your smile. Crowns can be used to correct cosmetic imperfections, but they are most often used as a restorative treatment to add strength to teeth that have suffered extensive damage by decay or trauma. Dental crowns are so “life-like” that they are also chosen as implant restorations, or the prosthetic teeth that attach to dental implants to

Man loses tooth after retainer causes canine avulsion

A fixed lower jaw dental retainer completely avulsed the canine tooth of a 26-year-old man in the U.K., according to a case report published June 24 in the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. The tooth ended up requiring extraction. Though teeth may move slightly when wearing a fixed retainer following orthodontic treatment, in this case the fixed retainer itself, which remained completely bonded to his teeth, produced the

NIDCR seeks grant submissions on pain management

The U.S. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) and other agencies of the National Institutes of Health are seeking grant submissions for developing safe, effective, and nonaddictive therapeutics to treat pain. The grant awards will support the building of research teams to collect initial data and recruit additional collaborators. The applications must include a plan for developing a strong research team, as well as a strategy for collecting

USPSTF releases final research plan on oral health

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently released its final research plan on oral health screening, referral, behavioral counseling, and preventive interventions. The recommendations include screening for oral health and interventions to prevent oral health issues in children and adults. The review will focus on the oral health conditions of dental caries and periodontitis. Dental x-rays are not addressed because they are not typically obtained in primary care settings

AI can be a powerful tool for predicting tooth loss

Artificial intelligence (AI) can be a powerful tool for predicting tooth loss, according to the findings of a June 18 study in PLOS One. Algorithms that included medical and socioeconomic data showed promising performance for predicting edentulism, tooth loss, and lack of a functional dentition. The study used data from almost 12,000 adults who participated in the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Importantly, the algorithms could predict

Restoratives & Cosmetics Insider: Zirconia shines in review of systematic reviews

Dear Restoratives & Cosmetics Insider, Zirconia received satisfactory marks in a big review of systematic reviews of the restorative material. The new analysis included 16 years of published reviews with 128 individual primary studies and approximately 10,000 total zirconia restorations. The authors of the new qualitative review concluded zirconia had “satisfactory results” due to shortcomings that were usually easily fixable and did not affect restoration functionality. Read more about where

Why does this 300,000-year-old jaw have no dental disease?

Meet one of your primal ancestors. He’s not your immediate relative, but he may be the origin of the human species. The picture below is his lower jaw (i.e., mandible). The first, almost complete adult mandible discovered at the archaeological site of Jebel Irhoud, Morocco. Photo credit: Jean-Jacques Hublin, MPI EVA Leipzig. All images courtesy of Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. This mandible is the oldest discovered remains of

Align debuts Invisalign case named for influencer D’Amelio

Align Technology has introduced its first limited edition product, an aligner case created for social media influencer and Invisalign aligner user Charli D’Amelio. The Charli D’Amelio x Invisalign Aligner case is pink on the inside and lavender on the outside, and the teen’s signature mantra “all smiles here” is scrolled on the exterior. It has a magnetic closure to ensure the case closes securely. It costs $24.99 and can be