Composite Sculpting
Covering Roots, Enhancing Smiles

Class V maintenance on tooth #5 and a fresh restoration on #6 to spruce up this patient’s smile. A base opaquing microlayer was placed before layering with GC Essentia U. […]
Read MorePartial Replacement Restoration

Limited OP restoration on the first molar and fissurotomy/sealant on the second molar to keep things conservative. Don’t love the MOP on the first molar but it is clinically sound […]
Read MoreKuraray Majesty ES-2 Classic Class V bangers

#KurarayMajestyES2ClassicA1 #ClassVbangers
Read MoreMajesty ES-2 Universal Light

Shade UL: Universal Light. System: #KurarayMajestyES2Universal
Read MoreThermal Cycling and Dental Crack Formation

Large Class II situation brought about by the Poisson Effect and flexural fatigue of the thin mesial marginal ridge secondary to cyclic thermal cycling over this tooth’s lifetime. The MP […]
Read MoreComposite Replacement due to Recurrent Caries

Replacement of an old DO restoration featuring recurrent caries at the proximocervical margin (the most common place for Class II composites to fail). Remember to microlayer in this region for […]
Read MoreMatrix in Matrix | Back to back Class II

Smashing the matrix-in-matrix technique to establish the proximaxial contour of the first premolar before conventional Garrison use on the second bicuspid. Single shade chameleon restoration: Majesty ES-2 Universal U. Compressive […]
Read MoreRebuilding Posterior Teeth

Switching up to another chameleon composite today, this time Majesty ES-2 Universal shade U. Some of you have asked why I don’t stack rings and complete the MO and DO […]
Read MoreBack to back bicuspids |Garrison Compositight 3D Fusion

Replacement of old composite restorations due to marginal breakdown and recurrent caries cervically. Matrix-in-matrix technique demonstrated here first on the second bicuspid building up the M marginal ridge before switching […]
Read MoreExposed dentin restored to full form with composite

Dentin exposed is 6 times softer than enamel and wears 4 times as fast. Single shade A3 technique #KurarayMajestyES2Classic
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