Modern composites

The aesthetics in dentistry play an important role today. Several surveys show that between 75 and 90 per cent of the people surveyed consider well-maintained and beautiful teeth an important feature of an attractive appearance. Aesthetic restorations in the anterior and posterior range should thus not be discernable from the natural tooth substance and the intervention minimally invasive.

Patients are no longer willing to compromise, especially when it comes to restorations in the anterior range. Restorations with discoloured or dark, insufficient margins are tolerated less and less and even perceived as aesthetically detracting. The rule of thumb is that the restoration should be 'invisible' from speaking distance.

The demand for highly aesthetic and durable restorations is met with the employment of modern composite in multiple shade variations, opacities and degrees of translucency used with the corresponding adhesive technique and minimally invasive preparation technique. Even larger defects can be restored with modern composites to achieve outstanding results. With the appropriate indication and analysis (functional analysis) there is no need to fear the comparison of the result to full ceramic restorations.