Recent developments in dental materials have significantly improved pediatric dental care. Dr. Josh Wren will discuss the latest trends in pedodontics in his upcoming CE Webinar, Pediatric Dentistry: An Update, on July 26, 2016. We sat down with Dr. Josh Wren for an interview and sneak preview of his webinar topics.
1. When did you start using bioactive dental materials? What were you using before?
Like many pediatric dentists, I’ve been a long time user of traditional composites, GIs, RMGIs and stainless steel crowns. I first learned about bioactive materials during a visit to PULPDENT with a group from Dentaltown. After doing some additional research on the subject, I decided to start using bioactive materials in my own dental practice.
2. Do you talk to your patients and their parents about bioactive dental materials?
I definitely talk to the parents about the material to help them make the proper decision for their child. Parents are very impressed with the material once it has been explained. At a recent appointment I told a father that the ACTIVA BioACTIVE-RESTORATIVE material I was using to restore his 5-year-old’s tooth contained the same minerals as tooth enamel and that there was a constant transfer of ions between the tooth and the material. It turned out that this father was a chemist, and we talked for 30 minutes about ACTIVA’s underlying chemistry, and I sent him home with some additional literature.
To view the full blog post by Pulpdent, please visit: http://www.pulpdent.com/pediatric-dentistry-an-update-from-josh-wren/
