Resin-modified Glass Ionomer Restoration on a Primary Molar Using an Occlusal Stamp: A Case Report.

Aim And Background: Direct restorations require skill and time to be performed properly; thus, it is a daily challenge for the pediatric dentist. Adapting techniques proven in adults can provide quick and easy solutions for children. In this case report, we describe the use of the occlusal stamp technique.

3D Printing of Thermoflexible Therapeutic Splints: Treating Bruxism More Comfortably.

Three-dimensional (3D) printing has helped drive rapid and abundant growth in the field of digital dentistry and has been largely spurred on by the development of material innovation. Thermoflexible occlusal splints represent a recent innovation in this area, as they feature a remarkably elastic behavior. Now, practitioners can provide patients with a comfortable, soft, class II medical device generated through a simple digital workflow.

Mayan Esthetic Dentistry: Using Modern Techniques and Digital Imaging Technologies to Link the Past to the Present.

Esthetic dentistry is evolving rapidly with the aid of technological advances. This swift progression overshadows the beginning of dental esthetics, which astonishingly began about 1,500 years ago. Indeed, pre-Columbian civilizations, especially the Mayas, performed craniofacial orthopedics and dental treatments for esthetic purposes.

Comparative studies between mice molars and incisors are required to draw an overview of enamel structural complexity.

In the field of dentistry, the murine incisor has long been considered as an outstanding model to study amelogenesis. However, it clearly appears that enamel from wild type mouse incisors and molars presents several structural differences. In incisor, exclusively radial enamel is observed.

Pulp stem cells: implication in reparative dentin formation.

Many dental pulp stem cells are neural crest derivatives essential for lifelong maintenance of tooth functions and homeostasis as well as tooth repair. These cells may be directly implicated in the healing process or indirectly involved in cell-to-cell diffusion of paracrine messages to resident (pulpoblasts) or nonresident cells (migrating mesenchymal cells). The identity of the pulp progenitors and the mechanisms sustaining their regenerative capacity remain largely unknown.