I’m sorry, but the people who developed this didn’t think things through that clearly it seems... First off, Vaseline isn’t going to protect a tooth surface from saliva contamination for 24 hours. That’s completely impossible unless you’re working on a cadaver or practice mouthpiece. Second, expecting the person to not eat or drink for a full day as well as returning the following day to have the restoration manipulated and buffed is also clear evidence of short sightedness, and a complete fail in terms of this actually becoming a viable product and/or solution. In concept it’s great in the sense that it chemically adheres to the enamel or dentin and the fluoride release promotes tooth structure rebuilding in a sense, but all of that is irrelevant too when even after somehow following best practices and the patient adhering to this absurd protocol, the material itself wears very easily and in many cases may last only a few weeks to months at best. This product should be configured for retail/pharmacy use as a patient administered temporary material only as far as I’m concerned.
Protection of GIC Restoration 1.A contoured matrix is used to cover the GIC. 2. Once set, the matrix is removed and the surface of the cement must be protected using cocoa butter, copal varnish or petroleum jelly to prevent desiccation or moisture contamination.
I forget the name of it offhand, but your typical run of the mill brushed on gum line sensitivity varnish seems to work well. Certainly better than oils which are quite easily pulled off the surface due to acidity and plain old abrasion from flesh surfaces inside the mouth.
There isn’t one. This product (and I’ve tried all of them coming out of India) should only be marketed to patients through pharmacies as a temporary restorative material for emergency use, as it’s simply not cut out for use in a professional setting. Nor does it have any innate qualities that command its use as a permanent or even semi-permanent restoration material... But if you really want to try it and would like to avoid all the trial and errors, then in my experience the product “Micron Superior” by Prevest DenPro has been the most forgiving to work with, and seems to hold up the best. Keep in mind though, that by “best” I’m talking an extremely marginal difference. It’s extremely cheap too. Purchasing in quantities of ONE will have it landed in North America direct from New Delhi, India for under $15USD all-in. And there’s enough material in a single kit to cover 50-75 uses quite easily.
