Dehydration takes place immediately from when you even retract the lips to place your topical anesthetic.  It is important to choose your shades before this stage and “stick to your […]

Class I action.  #Voco #GrandioSO #SupercompositeStandard #FinalTouchTint

#ClassVbangers #GC #EssentiaU

Back to back deep Class II restorations, with tooth #5/1.4 at serious risk of needing endodontics, however, as the tooth tested vital, we will watch this over time and treat […]

An unfortunate accident with this 10 year old girl’s tooth #8/1.1 was restored by a local dentist but deemed unsatisfactory relative to integration by her.  She wanted a replacement that […]

Reductive harmonizing the proportions of this patient’s mesialized canine and first bicuspid during orthodontics to replace a congenitally-missing upper left lateral incisor with direct composite layering.  Unfortunately, the angle of […]

Let’s just call this Mordor.  No diagnostic wax-up available, freehand coronal reconstruction in direct composite to stabilize teeth ahead of possible occlusal reconstruction.  Single shade: A3 #Voco #GrandioSO

Extensive Class V root protection restorations in preparation for coronoproximal restoration replacement. #GC #GaenialMysterySupercomposite

Single shade chameleon effect amalgam replacement. #Voco #GrandioSO #OGSupercomposite

Emergence is one of the main focuses of whether a Class V is successful or prone to failure.  This is the area where layering should be the most conservative and […]