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2mm was built in Natural Easy Shade match and cured under K Y Jelly. References

Some areas were tinted appropriately using brown tint (IPS empress 1. Effective Protocol for Daily High-quality Direct Posterior
direct colour) and #10 endodontic file. Composite Restorations. Cavity Preparation and DesignMarleen
The rubber dam was removed and occlusion was adjusted followed Peumans, Gianfranco Politano, Bart Van Meerbeek
by finishing and polishing with Enhance points (Dentsply) and 3M 2. Decoupling With Time: A Solution to the Problem of the Hierarchy
Sof – lex discs and spirals. of Bondability. David Alleman, Davey Alleman, Simone Deliperi
A radiographic assessment was made before the patient left and he 3. Layers – Jordi Manuata and Anna Salat
was recalled after one week to ensure the occlusion was stable and he 4. Biomimetic Restorative dentistry – Pascal Magne
had no post-operative discomfort.

CONCLUSION ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Smart Composites are the need of the hour as they revolutionize
material science with high strength and aesthetic options, which can Dr. Sanah Sayed is a Cosmetic Dentist
sense and adapt to their environment. 3M Easy Match provides a simple practicing in Pune. She has completed
and predictable outcome to anterior and posterior restorations making her BDS from D.Y. Patil Dental College
it a versatile product which significantly cuts down armamentarium (Navi Mumbai) and Advanced Esthetics
and chair side time spent in choosing shades for anterior teeth. The from Manipal Dental College. Dr. Sanah
shade selection is a simple intuitive process that is not cumbersome is a speaker pan India and conducts
to do. With acceptable mechanical properties it stands as a viable comprehensive workshops on Aesthetic
and Cosmetic Dentistry and has been
solution for posterior teeth (flexural strength, shrinkage and radio- in practice since 15 years. She has won
opaque). This could be the beginning of simplified protocols that can various prestigious awards such as the
be reproduced and repeated taking away the unpredictability from “Aesthetic Practice of the Year” at the Famdent Awards 2024.
direct composite procedures. n Prior to this, she won the “Outstanding Dentist of the Year”
award in 2022, and also received the accolade of “Aesthetic
Dentist of the Year” at the Dental Diva Awards in the same year.

ARTICLE CITATION
Sayed S. (2026). Simplifying workflows in restorative dentistry with intuitive composites. Dental Practice 22(1), 22-25

MY TAKE in the anterior case presented above.
DR. RAMESH SHANKAR The posterior teeth are also well restored with
good occlusal anatomy and the x-rays show good
Composites in Dentistry with their versatile prop- proximal contacts which is most critical for posterior
erties, if applied for specific purposes with proper restorations.
indications, can almost always give significant
clinical success. In both the cases, follow-up, proper maintenance
and refreshing the restorations with polishing at
In the above cases, the operator has given due yearly intervals will make them longer lasting
importance to the same. Well done Sanah!
Shade matching: Composite button technique, in Dr Ramesh Shankar is a Program Director at Encode
my experience too has been the closest to getting a for Courses in Aesthetic and General Dentistry for
predictable outcome. (Important to remember that the last 20 years. He is in private practice in Mumbai
cured composite shade is not the same as uncured). for over 40 years with special emphasis on
A reasonably good shade match has been achieved Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry.

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