Materials.
Cements, composites, burs, impression materials, and other dental consumables.
Dental Glass Ionomer Luting Cements: How to Choose
How to choose a glass ionomer luting cement: RelyX Luting Plus, FujiCEM Evolve, Fuji PLUS, and Ketac Cem by delivery and ceramic.
Top 10 Temporary Cements in Dentistry
Temporary cement buying guide: eugenol zinc oxide, noneugenol zinc oxide, and clear dual-cure resin for provisionals.
Dental Bases and Liners: How to Choose
How to choose a base or liner: Dycal, Vitrebond, Ionoseal, and ACTIVA by chemistry, light cure, and pulp capping.
Dental Diamond Burs: How to Choose
How to choose a diamond bur: grit color, friction-grip or latch, and how Alpen, Spring, and Two Striper differ.
Top 10 Dental Latex Rubber Dam Sheets
Compare latex dental dam sheets by gauge, size, and scent — Coltene Hygenic, Patterson Super Dam, Cranberry, and Medicom.
Top 10 Rubber Dam Clamps for Root Canals
Compare winged, wingless, Brinker, and serrated rubber dam clamps from Hu-Friedy, Coltene, and Kulzer for root-canal isolation.
Dental Glass Ionomer Restoratives: How to Choose
How to choose a glass ionomer restorative: Fuji II LC, EQUIA Forte, packable Fuji IX, and Ketac Silver cermet.
Dental Flowable Composites: How to Choose
How to choose a flowable composite: SDR flow+ 4 mm bases versus Giomer, heavy-flow, and shade-matched liners.
Dental Universal Composites: How to Choose
How to choose a universal composite: shade systems, two bulk fills, and an ORMOCER at 1.2% shrinkage.
Top 10 Dental Floss Brands
Floss to stock or recommend: waxed nylon, PTFE, woven strands, pre-cut appliance floss, and single-use packets.
Top 10 Disposable Prophy Angles for Professional Dental Cleaning
Disposable prophy angles by handpiece, cup, and splatter: Nupro Freedom, Young Vera, and Pivot.
Top 10 Fluoride Varnishes for Dentistry
In-office fluoride varnish guide: 5% sodium fluoride unit doses and a 10 ml tube, plus TCP, CPP-ACP, and CXP rows.
Top 10 Dental Sealants
Ten light-cured pit-and-fissure sealants: color-change, moisture-tolerant, clear, and etch-free S-PRG.
Top 10 Orthodontic Elastomerics Bands
Patterson ligatures, closed and short chains, latex and latex-free elastics, separators, and a color wheel.
Top 10 Alginate Impression Material for Dentists
Alginate compared by cue: chromatic phases, Jeltrate Plus antimicrobial, AccuDent XD’s two viscosities, Hydrogum 5’s five-day stability.
Top 10 Endodontic Rotary Files
NiTi files by motion and metal: TF Adaptive, K3 versus K3XF, HyFlex CM, and HyFlex EDM.
Top 10 Temporary Materials for Crowns & Bridges
Bis-acryl crown temporaries, a light-cured repair syringe, and preformed DirectCrown shells.
Top 10 Temporary Material for Inlays and Onlays
Inlay temporaries, not crown bis-acryl: IRM, Fermit N, Clip, DuoTEMP, and Tempit by set and eugenol.
Dental Burs: How to Choose
How to choose a dental bur: diamond or carbide, friction-grip or latch, and how Meisinger, SS White, and Midwest differ.
Top 10 Teeth Desensitizers
HEMA liquids, a glutaraldehyde-free bottle, silver diamine fluoride with iodide, chlorhexidine varnish, and calcium oxalate.
Dental Resin Cements: How to Choose
How to choose a resin cement: adhesive or self-adhesive, and how Variolink, RelyX, PANAVIA, and NX3 differ.
Top 10 Dental Etching Gel Brands
Intraoral phosphoric etch from 34% to 40%: Etch-Rite, Kerr, Scotchbond, Caulk, and Super Etch.
Top 5 Acrylic Resin Brands for Denture Repair
Denture acrylics by job: Lucitone 199 heat-cure bases, Rebase II chairside relines, and self-cure repair resins.
Top 5 Core Buildup Materials in Dentistry
Core buildups compared honestly: dual-cure LuxaCore and Clearfil versus cermet and light-cure composites.
Top 5 Dental Cements for Crown & Bridges
Temporary zinc oxide, zinc polycarboxylate, an RMGI liner, self-adhesive resin, and a GI luting cement.
Top 5 Dental Bonding Material
Scotchbond Universal, Single Bond 2, OptiBond Solo Plus, Clearfil SE Bond, and iBond, split by etch step.
Top 5 Rubber Dam Brands in Dentistry
Latex versus latex-free dams: Hygenic, Fiesta, Flexi Dam, and SmartDam by gauge, scent, and frame.
Top 5 Bone Graft Materials in Dentistry
A collagen membrane, a TCP syringe, a bovine cone, mineralized allograft granules, and bovine hydroxyapatite filler.