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Have you ever seen composite shrinkage? We do talk about it a lot, but can we, as clinicians, see what is it all about? How strong it really is? And does it exist at all? In this short article the author shares a simple experiment to show clinically existence and true strength of composite polymerisation shrinkage.

Bleaching is an everyday procedure, we usually suggest the home bleaching treatment, as it is the most cost-effective and minimally invasive.

Thanks to its high flexural strength, aesthetics, durability, and affordable cost, composite is widely applied to a wide variety of cases, including indirect restorations, as in this case.

The integration of a direct restoration depends on a few key factors, especially morphological and chromatic ones. Latest-generation composites allow, if properly used, to obtain surprising aesthetic results while using only two shades.

Treating cervical caries in anterior teeth is a routinely challenge. To safeguard aesthetics and sound tissues a minimally invasive treatment is the right choice.

The single discoloured tooth is an aesthetic challenge. Bleaching and a direct restoration provide a successful minimally invasive treatment.

When closing diastemata, a smart technique making life easier for the restorative dentist, such as the Front Wing technique is, is key to a good result. Bonus: no wax-up is needed.

A diastema between the anterior teeth represents one of the challenges in aesthetic dentistry. In this clinical case a direct composite approach was chosen.

Natural posterior composite restorations is a sequence of cross-related steps: isolation, contact points, occlusal modeling and polishing.

See how to change the smile esthetics by simply changing the incisal embrasures using direct CompoSite restorations.