One year after the start of the pandemic, here we are, still going round in circles, without solving the problem. What will be after all this we will only know “after all this”. Once inside the hurricane, all we can think about is getting out, and it becomes impossible to make predictions. In this editorial, I will look at two aspects: how much everyone misses the face-to-face events, and how tired everyone is of the online events.

Dr.Yu Zhang is a Professor in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Sciences at Penn Dental Medicine. He received his Ph.D in Materials Science and Engineering from Monash Uversity, Australia in 2002. From 2002 to 2005, he worked as a Postdoctoral fellow at Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standarts and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA. In February 2005, Dr.Zhang joined the Department of Biomaterials and Biomimetics at New York University College of...

Introduction: The diastema may be defined as gaps between teeth or absence of contact between two or more consecutive teeth can affect the upper or lower arch. The options for closing the diastema ranging from orthodontic treatment to the use of ceramic laminates. Objective: This work aims to report a case of diastema closure between the central and lateral incisors using ceramic laminates, targeting an improvement in smile esthetics. Case Report: Patient, male, reporting as the main...

(1) Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Odontologia, Departamento de Odontologia Conservadora (Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil). Doctorate and Master’s Degree in Dentistry, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Odontologia de Araçatuba (Araçatuba/SP, Brazil). (2) Centro Universitário do Norte Paulista, Faculdade de Odontologia (São Jose do Rio Preto/SP, Brazil). Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Odontologia de Araçatuba, Departamento de Odontologia...

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of surface treatments on the bond strength of tetragonal Zirconia partially stabilized by Itria. Methods: Two types of Y-TZP ceramics (Zirconia Cercon® - Dentsply DeguDent and Zirconia Prettau® Anterior ® - Zirkonzahn) were conditioned and divided into 6 groups: G1: Cercon-Al2O3 50 μm; G2: Cercon-Al2O3 50μm + Rocatec Soft; G3: Cercon-Al2O3 50μm + Rocatec Plus; G4: Prettau Anterior-Al2O3 110 μm; G5: Prettau Anterior-Al2O3 110...

Ijust want to create a reflection and change my outlook to another perspective. If I succeed, great; if I don’t, I tried Many times, we see our class protecting our market, imposing rules about “this can” or “this can’t”, even though they are often rules imposed against those who cannot afford dental treatment.

Introduction: The gingival smile is characterized by excessive gum exposure during the smile, which can compromise the harmony of the face. The surgical lip repositioning technique, a method established in reconstructive plastic surgery in the medical field, was proposed to reduce the inner part of the upper lip mucosa, limiting the free muscle movement that is responsible for the exposure. Given the instability and morbidity of the traditional technique of myectomy, alloplastic (silicone)...

Abstract: The words regeneration, repair, scarring, fibrosis that replaces normal tissue with scar have specific meanings, but are frequently used as synonyms or in an inverted manner, thereby generating much conceptual confusion in daily clinical life. Repair and regeneration are biological processes that reconstruct different tissues, without being a competitive comparison about which would be the best or most convenient. Scarring is not the perfect synonym of repair, because it represents a...

Ultra-Etch® is a 35% phosphoric acid solution with an ideal viscosity. Its fluidity allows for precise placement, including occlusal grooves; however, it has enough viscosity to prevent migration.

Hello, reader! In the last column, I talked about the implant-supported prosthesis for unitary elements. 1 I talked about what information we should have in order to select the correct components, besides treatment options for different situations. Some concepts change when we think of multiple elements to be restored, when compared to single crowns on implants. In addition to the basic knowledge regarding the type of implants, their platforms and dimensions, now we have to evaluate the...

One of the most frequent subjects amongst clinicians and researchers is the use of social networks by dental professionals. In my perception, despite the fact that most professionals follow social media, their comments are often negative, as for example: “did you notice that colleague who became a blogger?” or “to do this, a clinician must be desperate to get patients for his clinic or students for his courses”, or “my generation was much better, because we would never expose...

After discussing how the distance between light curing units and resin-based materials can influence the final result of restorations, we are going to discuss how the stabilization of equipment over restorative materials is also fundamental for an efficient polymerization.

Dentistry education, in Brazil and in many other countries, has been based on isolated subjects, with wide use of expository classes and emphasis on technical knowledge only. Teacher represents the predominant figure of knowledge reproducer, while students manifest themselves as passive spectators, with only retention and repetition. Undeniably, there is a physical and contextual distance between student and teacher. Teaching occurs in a fragmented manner, by subject or specialization area.

As in the life of the self-employed, where various choices and efforts are made in order to build a prosperous career, we don't always know the future impact of what we do today. Investments of time and money are not always quantifiable in the face of the real impact that will bear fruit in the future, and within the much that we dedicate ourselves to today, certainly the construction of our work space is one of the great issues of the dentist's career. "At what point do we make this...

Hello. Here we are for another edition. As usual, the idea is to present clinical cases performed in an honest way, in which the presented images are not manipulated. Due to the quick spread of information on social media, we can see, on a daily basis, an inversion of what “aesthetic” dentistry really means. Newly graduated or junior dentists are commonly influenced by fake “heroes”, quickly missing the real essence of what Restorative Dentistry really means. True Dentistry does not...