Anchor Dental Composite – The Restorative Material of 21th century
I am a general dental practitioner with about twenty years of experience. I am mostly a restorative dentist who has been using composite resin extensively with a direct and indirect approach and as a restorative material after root canal treatment, that is a large part of my activity. I received a pre-production sample of the Anchor composite resin and I tried it on several clinical cases during a period of about four weeks. What follows is an honest review, and I make it clear in advance that I am not in a
General Overview: The choice has been to have a sensible number of dentin shades and just two shades of enamel. This is in line with other popular composite resin in the market and gives a relatively easy shade guide to pick our colour from.
Anterior Composite restorations: The relatively small number of shades available make it easy to pick your resin. The material is excellent for being easy to handle: it does not stick to the instrument and can be sculpted quickly and effectively. The downsides becomes apparent after final polishing: it can be polished up to a point but with less luster than other brands, due to the well known weakness of hybrid resins compared to microfilled. The bottom line: works well for small/average class 3, less for l
Anchor Dental Composite – The Restorative Material of 21th century