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What is Special About OptiBond Solo Plus?
OptiBond Solo Plus is 15% glass filled with the same 0.4 micron filler found in Kerr’s composite products. This composition helps it reinforce dentine tubules at a much greater depth than unfilled or nanofilled adhesive systems. The material’s unique dental bonding technology provides the highest level of protection against microleakage and high bond strengths to a variety of surfaces. Its durable chemical and micromechanical bonds help to decrease polymerisation shrinkage to ensure superior marginal integrity. Studies have found that ethanol-based adhesives, like Solo Plus, also produce significantly higher bond strength to dentine than acetone-based systems.
What is OptiBond Solo Plus Used for?
OptiBond Solo Plus is designed for both direct and indirect bonding applications. This includes composites, crowns, inlays, onlays, veneers, posts and core materials.
How to Use Kerr OptiBond Solo Plus
- Before applying OptiBond Solo, the tooth’s enamel and dentine should be etched for 15 seconds. The etchant should then be rinsed off for 15 seconds and air dried.
- OptiBond Solo should then be applied for 15 seconds in a gentle brushing motion.
- The next step is to air thin for 3 seconds and light cure.
- The tooth is then ready for placement of the composite (direct restorations) or a luting resin/resin cement (indirect restorations).
Complete instructions for use, including guides to using OptiBond Plus on posts and core materials, can be found here.
What Are the Biggest Benefits of Optibond Solo Plus?
Advantages to using OptiBond Solo Plus include:
- Clinically proven and universally accepted
- Unique technology creates a true "structured bond"
- Highest level of protection against microleakage
- Cuts out separate primer requirement
- High bond strengths to a variety of surfaces
- Choice of convenient 5 ml bottle or Unidose delivery
- Uses ethanol instead of acetone
- Can be used in moist and dry environments
- Fluoride-release
- Does not require multiple coats
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A simple definition of CAD/CAM dentistry is the use of digital software to design and manufacture dental restorations and prostheses. CAD stands for computer-aided design and CAM stands for computer-aided manufacturing. The technology can be used to create crowns, dentures, inlays, onlays, bridges and veneers among other things. The speed of the CAD/CAM process allows for dental prosthetics to be designed, manufactured and delivered to the patient in quick time, sometimes the same day. The wider system of using computer assisted technologies to produce restorations is known as CEREC (Chairside Economical Restoration of Aesthetic Ceramics).
A simple definition of CAD/CAM dentistry is the use of digital software to design and manufacture dental restorations and prostheses. CAD stands for computer-aided design and CAM stands for computer-aided manufacturing. The technology can be used to create crowns, dentures, inlays, onlays, bridges and veneers among other things. The speed of the CAD/CAM process allows for dental prosthetics to be designed, manufactured and delivered to the patient in quick time, sometimes the same day. The wider system of using computer assisted technologies to produce restorations is known as CEREC (Chairside Economical Restoration of Aesthetic Ceramics).
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