To assess amalgam use and waste management protocols practised by Pakistani dentists, a cross-sectional study was made of 239 dentists in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, recruited by convenience and cluster sampling. Amalgam was the most frequently used restorative material, with the choice dictated by patients' financial constraints. While 90.4% of dentists perceived amalgam as a health risk, only 4...

Direct bonding of brackets has become a routine procedure in clinical orthodontics. Many techniques and materials are currently advocated and used, the most recent being light-cured composites. Advantages of the light-cured systems are their relative ease of use, improved bracket placement, and more rapid set of the composite. For a new system to be clinically viable, it must possess properties...

Use of Vitremer Core Buildup/Restorative Cement (3M Dental Products Division) as a luting cement for orthodontic bands and space maintainers was described in 1994. For use as a luting agent, the restorative cement is mixed with a slightly lower powder liquid ratio so the blend is more fluid than one used for a dental restoration. A chief advantage of using Vitremer Restorative Cement for luting...

Aim: To investigate the color stability of light-cured (LC) restorative material in different pediatric drug formulations. Method: Two distinct materials, specifically LC resin and glass ionomer cement (GIC), were employed to create 88 disc-shaped specimens. These comprised 44 specimens fabricated from each material. Each specimen had a diameter 5 mm height 3 mm. conduct experiment, randomly al...

Introduction: Amelogenesisimperfecta (AI) is a developmental disturbance, genomic in origin, which interferes with normal enamel formation of both primary and permanent dentitions in the absence of a systemic disorder. Three major categories can be recognized clinically, namely hypoplastic, hypomaturation and hypocalcified. Timely and comprehensive intervention is critical to spare the patient ...

OBJECTIVES This study evaluated the effect of sports and energy drinks on the surface hardness of different composite resin restorative materials over a 1-month period. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 168 specimens: Compoglass F, Filtek Z250, Filtek Supreme, and Premise were prepared using a customized cylindrical metal mould and they were divided into six groups (N=42; n=7 per group). For th...