Dental cement is a staple of any dental practice. You need products that streamline your workflows from manufacturers you can trust. With so many different use-cases and indications, the busy marketplace can be confusing. Let us help you cut through the noise to simplify cementation in your dental practice.
You want the same thing from all your dental materials: effectiveness, safety, ease-of-use, accuracy, and predictability. In essence, this all boils down to one thing: simplicity. Simplicity for you, your inventory, and your procedures.
But true simplification can seem unrealistic, especially when dealing with complex procedures, and cementation is still one of the more complex – and often confusing – elements of indirect restorations.
Indirect restorations are usually multistep procedures that can be time-consuming and complicated. On top of this, crown cementation is one of the most critical steps in the restorative workflow; mistakes made at this stage can cause restorations to fail earlier than they should and end up being costly to both patient and practitioner. You could even lose patients if they are dissatisfied with the work.
Even just navigating these variables is difficult. The saturated dental cement marketplace only makes it harder. With so many dental cements to choose from, finding the right choice is overwhelming.
There is a good side to this variety of choice, as it is likely that there is the perfect cement for any and every indication out there. However, the problem is that this has also led to a confusion of choice, and dentists ending up with a huge inventory of cements with overlapping indications and dawning expiration dates.
It's a common problem: during an inventory check you find a pile of cements for the same indication, all only partly used. Or perhaps you’ve found expired cements you’ve had to throw away, the material and money spent to buy them wasted.
It’s not a situation any dental practitioner wants, but one most have found themselves in.
The first step to simplifying your cementation process is simplifying your inventory. Having a look at the cements you have in your practice, and reviewing which ones you use and which ones you don’t, can help to achieve a streamlined workflow. At the very least, it will tidy up your inventory management!
Benefits of refining your cement inventory:
With a constantly revolving carousel of products, you and your team will not be getting particularly familiar with any product, stopping you from making the most of any product. But if you consistently use the same materials, you’ll get to know the unique chemistry, the handling, and the pros and cons of everything you use – improving results and minimising the risk of errors.
The next step in simplifying your cementation process is in finding a universal solution. A great example of this is 3M™ RelyX™ Universal Resin Cement, which is suitable for both self-adhesive and adhesive procedures. Combined with 3M™ Scotchbond™ Universal Plus Adhesive, you can eliminate the need to juggle multiple cements, successfully reducing complexity in your procedures, and your inventory.