A variety of alternatives to amalgam are now available for use in class II restorations in primary teeth, including glass ionomer, composites, and intermediate materials such as compomer and resin modified glass ionomers (RMGI). The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the clinical performance of two compomers, Hytac and Dyract, and to compare these results to those reported for other i...

A case of uncommon occupational dental erosion was reported in an individual who had worked in the war industry for twenty years. This occupation involved daily, at least 8 hours, inhalation of chromic acid being used for cleaning of barrel of cannons. The erosion manifested as dental sensitivity with excessive cervical erosion even with pulpal exposure in certain teeth. Moreover, due to the ad...

Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the effect povidone iodine on color stability different restorative materials.
 Methods: In study, ten discs (30 in total) 8 mm diameter and 2 thickness were prepared with compomer (Dyract Extra, Dentsply, Germany), composite (Palfique estelite paste, Tokuyama, Japan) glass ionomer cement (R&D Series Nova Glass-L, Imicryl, Konya, Turkey) materia...

Aim: To study and compare the effect of different pediatric medication on tooth-colored restorative materials. Method: One fifty specimens, 50 each material RMGIC, Compomer Composite were obtained using circular acrylic mold with a diameter 5mm thickness 2mm A2 shade for standardization. They further divided into five subgroups multivitamin, antiepileptic, anxiolytic, bronchodilator distilled w...