3 Topic Commentaries

A Composite for Esthetic Versatility

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  Pascal Magne, DMD, PhD

  Don and Sybil Harrington Professor of Esthetic Dentistry; Associate Professor

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  Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC

  Those thin shells of material — composite resin and ceramics — blend very naturally with the existing tissues,” the dental esthetic expert said.

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  Nate Lawson, DMD, PhD

  Associate Professor; Director, Division of Biomaterials

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  University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry

  Resin infiltration can stop these from getting bigger and blends the lesions with the tooth for a great esthetic benefit,” Lawson said.

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  Sumita Mitra, MS, PhD

  Former Corporate Scientist (3M); Former Industrial Director, Minnesota Dental Research Center for Biomaterials and Biomechanics

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  University of Minnesota School of Dentistry — Minnesota Dental Research Center for Biomaterials and Biomechanics (MDRCBB)

  I became quite interested in the emerging science of nanotechnology, and realized there was an opportunity to develop a new type of dental composite filling material using novel nanoparticles as the filler,” she explained.

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