Glass-ceramic coating material for the CO2 laser based sintering of thin films as caries and erosion protection

Tooth-preserving preventative measures such as composite-based fissure sealing materials are moderately effective. They have been shown to offer effective protection against caries in the first 48 months, however beyond that period it is also clear that this protection is no longer effective [1]. In fact, the failure rate is 30 –55% after 5 years [2,3]. A reason for the failure rate is an insufficient adhesive bonding between the filling material and the tooth surface. Therefore tooth decay can often form below the sealing material itself.

Source: Dental Materials - June 26, 2017 Category: Materials Science Authors: Marin Dean Biland žić, Susanne Wollgarten, Jochen Stollenwerk, Reinhart Poprawe, Marcella Esteves-Oliveira, Horst Fischer Source Type: research