To treat a cavity your dentist will remove the decayed portion of the tooth and then "fill" the area on the tooth where the decayed material was removed. Fillings are also used to repair cracked or ...

Randomised controlled trials comparing the clinical effectiveness of Class II restorations performed with conventional (C-GIC) or resin-modified glass ionomer cement (RM-GIC) and composite resin (CR) ...

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 ...

Partially erupted molars and their plaque-retaining qualities make them particularly tricky for youngsters to maintain. Indeed, the occlusal surface of molars is where 67% to 90% of caries manifest in ...

March 20, 2012 — Resin-based pit-and-fissure sealants lasted longer, but glass ionomer pit-and-fissure sealants protected better against caries in a 2-year head-to-head trial published in the ...

Two years out of dental school, I took over for an incredible 71-year-old dentist who had built an amazing practice over 41 years. So naturally, my patient population was on the more experienced side, ...

Sir, The paper by Locker and Jokovic, (BDJ 2003, 195: 375) concluded that retention rates for glass ionomer cements used as fissure sealants are substantially lower than that for resin based sealants ...