Materials List & Recommendations

ADHESIVES

• Allbond 2 (All purpose wet bond;an all time standard) Bisco
• Permaseal (Great for composite repair/seal) Ultradent
• I Bond (Excellent self etching primer/adhesive) Heraeus Kulzer

BURS

• KS, TDF, LS Diamonds and Carbide Burs Axis

BLEACH

• Day White (thick and quick) Discus
• Opalescence F (for sensitive situations) Ultradent
• ZOOM (for reliable power whitening) Discus

CEMENTS

• Variolink II (for porcelain restorations) Ivoclar
• Vitremer (glass ionomer for metal/ceramics) 3M/ESPE
• C & B Luting Composite w/Fluoride (great for short preps)Bisco
• Tempadvantage (contains CHX and potassium nitrate)GC America
• Durelon (stronger longterm & reversible) 3M/ESPE

COMPOSITES

• Renamel Microfill (no one comes close..yet ) Cosmedent
• Herculite XRV (strong,etchable hybrid ) Kerr
• Flow-It (uses are only limited by your imagination)Jeneric Pentron
• Luxacore Dual (very strong buildup material) Zenith/DMG
• Venus (esthetic micro-hybrid) Heraeus-Kulzer
• Vitalescence (creative incisal coloring hybrid) Ultradent

ETCHANTS

• Ultra Etch 35% (get in bulk syringe;great buy) Ultradent
• Porcelain Etch (syringe delivery) Ultradent

IMPRESSION MATERIAL

• Status Blue (alginate substitute) Zenith/DMG
• Honigum Zenith/DMG

LIGHTS

• Optilux 401 (or 500) Great power & tips-esp 2 mm Kerr

PHOTOGRAPHY

• Image FX SciCan
• HP PhotoSmart Scanner (easy to use) Hewlett Packard
• Canon D Series (the best in digital photography)Norman Camera

POLISHING ITEMS

• TDF Burs Axis
• Top Finisher (WOW ! Handles any composite situation) Cosmedent
• D-Fine Polishing Points (Great for hybrids) Clinician’s Choice
• Dialite Kit Brasseler

RETRACTION CORD

• Ultracord (sizes #000 ultrathin,# 00,# 1) Ultradent
• Astringedent/Viscostat (Ferricsulfate is a keeper) Ultradent

BITE REGISTRATION

• Luxabite (the best detail; great for full mouth cases) Zenith/DMG

TEMPORIZATION

• Luxatemp Plus (B1/A1 are great to work with) Zenith/DMG
• Luxaglaze (excellent for sealing temps) Zenith/DMG
• Creative Color (tints to customize temporaries) Cosmedent
• EZ Temp (Carvable and can be built up) Cosmedent

MISCELLANEOUS

• Serrated Saw Blades (great for cleaning contact areas) Brasseler
• Palodent Matrix System (best way to get tight posterior contacts)
• Microetcher II (great for enhancing adhesion) Danville Engineering
• Breath RX (coordinated well packaged halitosis treatment) Discus
• Accudose Disposable Tubes (useful for placing composites)Centrix
• Ribbond (useful for splinting and Natural Tooth Pontics) Ribbond
• Laminate Holder Box (great for keeping veneers organized)Denmat
• ICB Brushes (IntraCoronal Brushes great for proximal boxes) ICB
• T-Scan (precision occlusal care; absolutely amazing!) Tekscan, Inc.
• Waterlase (the all-in-one dental laser for hard/ soft tissue) Biolase