Dental Topics

Esthetic is concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty. Esthetic dentistry is a field of dentistry concerned especially with the appearance of dentition. It might be in the form of arrangement of teeth or change in colour of teeth. It not only covers the dentition but aims at beautification…

What is the Tooth Notation System? Tooth Notation System or Numbering System serve as abbreviations. Instead of having to write out the whole name of a tooth, e.g permanent maxillary left lateral incisor, it is easier to assign it a number, alphabet or symbol such as #2 for the right…

GIC was introduced in 1972 by Wilson and Kent.It was developed in attempt to combine the favorable properties of silicate cement and polycarboxylate cement.The first introduced GIC was opaque, limited shade selections, mixing and handling problems and technic sensitivity.  Glass: silicate glass powder Ionomer: ionomeric acid Other name: Polyalkenoate cement …