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Guidelines for Achieving Aesthetic Posterior Restorations Using BFCs

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Abstract

Bulk filled resin composite materials have a number of ideal properties which makes them very suitable for restoring posterior teeth. They are aesthetic tooth-coloured materials and enable the clinician a less technique sensitive application than conventional composites. They offer good adaptation to the walls of the cavity resulting in fewer voids in the finished restoration.

Achieving an aesthetics posterior restoring using bulk fill resin composites requires the clinician to understand the physical and handling properties of the material and to develop the clinical skills to achieve an excellent restoration.

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  1. Department of Restorative and Aesthetic Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon

    Joseph Sabbagh

  2. Restorative Dentistry, University Dental School and Hospital, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

    Robert McConnell

  3. Dental Academy, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK

    Alessandro Vichi

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Sabbagh, J., McConnell, R., Vichi, A. (2023). Guidelines for Achieving Aesthetic Posterior Restorations Using BFCs. In: Sabbagh, J., McConnell, R. (eds) Bulk Fill Resin Composites in Dentistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16388-3_8

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