Crown Alternative | Large Composite Fillings | Restorative Dentistry Auckland
Afternoon again, This was a bit of an ambush – I had only planned for a DB as planned radiographically and then this massive chunk literally pinged off the tooth, […]
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Safe Removal of Amalgam Fillings | Restorative Dentist Auckland
Happy Friday! Loving the skulptability of this material! There was a crack in the dentin noted across the pulpal floor, but we are monitoring this tooth for any symptoms before […]
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Conservative Tooth Crack Management | Cosmetic Dentist Auckland
Large amalgams cause cracks via the Poisson Effect as per my mentor Graeme Milicich. Solids can bend under load. The question is: how much do you drill? In this case, […]
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Large Composite Fillings | Restorative Dentist Auckland
Happy Thursday! Marginal ridge vertical hairline fractures: I don’t drop a box and chase the crack cervically routinely if I don’t note any dentin involvement, such as the mesial aspect […]
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Chipped Teeth | Dental Emergency | AACD Accredited Restorative Dentist Auckland
Hello Humpers, This nice 41 year old man had a bike racing accident with sharp dental trauma. Teeth 11 and 21 feature 30 degree distal rotations with pre-operative prominent MIB […]
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Ultimate Esthetics | Posterior Composite Fillings | Restorative Dentist Auckland
Getting some large Class II action on this 16. Yes, there is an incomplete fracture of the MP cusp, but the patient wishes to restore it with composite for now […]
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Composite Resin Surface Rejuvenation | Restorative Dentist Auckland
Clean lines, no staining for this occlusal rejuvenation case, affected by erosive wear. The old restoration on 36MOB featured a deep void and suspicious shadow radiographically and was excavated fully. […]
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Composite Resin Restorations | General Dentist Auckland
Happy Monday! Class II’s courtesy of the new Voco Grandio SO X-tra A2. 86% filled (as opposed to Grandio SO at 89%), with a 4mm bulk curable layer (still don’t […]
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Old Filling Replacements | Restorative Dentistry Auckland
Hello again! Recurrent caries along the proximogingival margin (the #1 reason for Class II restoration failure). Replaced with incremental layering using a single shade of A3 Renamel Nano Plus and […]
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