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Resin Composite Restorations: Innovations and Technology Continue to Drive Success
Macarena Rivera1, Nikolaos Stefanos Kampanas2
1Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; Adjunct Professor, Department of Preventive and Restorative Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Private Practice, Santiago, Chile.
Abstract:
The current tendency towards "minimally invasive dentistry," driven in part by a growing demand for overall esthetics, has established resin composites as the preferred material for anterior and posterior tooth restorations. Contemporary dentistry cannot be performed without resin-based restorative materials, light-curing units, and sectional matrix band systems.

