ACTIVA BioACTIVE-RESTORATIVE MATERIAL
Bioactive – Certainly the new buzz word in dentistry.
Is this material Bioactive? What does Bioactive mean?
All it really means is that it’s a substance that interacts with living tissue.
A regenerative restorative material – an action that form healthy tooth structure, interacts and re-mineralize the tooth
Bioactive dental materials are not a new technology it’s been used for the last 25 years assisting implants with Osseo integration.
ACTIVA BioACTIVE-RESTORATIVE MATERIAL
- Bulk Fill
- Quick and easy
- light cure
- self-cure resin chemistry, and
- Self-cure glass Ionomer reaction
- No Etching
- No Bonding
- Quick and easy
- BioACTIVE
- Recharges the tooth
- chemically bonds
- seals against bacterial microleakage
- releases calcium phosphate
- releases fluoride
- More bioactive than glass ionomers
- More durable and fracture resistant than composites.
- No sensitivity
- No expensive equipment needed
Traditional restorative materials have either great esthetics and physical properties or bioactivity. None of them have both.
Composites are strong, highly esthetic filled resins, but due to poor adaptation to tooth structure.
They are not bioactive, release a minimal amount of fluoride, and do not bond chemically to teeth. Composites are hydrophobic, require bonding agents, leak at the margins, are somewhat brittle in thin areas, can cause sensitivity, and promote MMPs. Staining at the margins is the first sign of failure. Most composites contain Bis-GMA, a derivative of Bisphenol A.
Glass ionomers are bioactive. They release considerable amounts of fluoride, do not cause sensitivity, and form chemical bonds to tooth structure to seal against bacterial leakage. Their disadvantages include poor esthetics, poor longevity, brittleness, low strength, sensitivity to moisture, and high solubility and wash out.
Resin-modified glass ionomers (RMGIs) incorporate reactive Ionomer glass in a resin matrix. The advantages over glass ionomers are longer working time, controlled setting time, fast development of strength, lower sensitivity to environmental moisture changes, and improved esthetics and durability. RMGIs are bioactive like glass ionomers, but their esthetics and physical properties do not compare with composites.
Traditional glass ionomers and RMGIs are noted for low tensile strength, brittleness, and low resistance to wear and this precludes their clinical use in some load-bearing, long-term clinical situations.
ACTIVA BioACTIVE BULK-FILL RESTOTATIVE
Changing the way dentistry is done.
ACTIVA BioACTIVE-RESTORATIVE is a highly esthetic, bioactive composite that delivers all the advantages of glass ionomers in a strong, resilient, resin matrix that will not chip or crumble. It chemically bonds to teeth, seals against bacterial microleakage, releases more calcium phosphate and fluoride and is more bioactive than glass ionomers, and is more durable and fracture resistant than composites.
ACTIVA BioACTIVE-RESTORATIVE is the first bioactive composite with an ionic resin matrix, a shock-absorbing resin component and bioactive fillers that mimic the physical and chemical properties of natural teeth.
It releases and recharges with calcium, phosphate and fluoride ions,delivering long-term benefits and better oral health care for your patients.
ACTIVA BioACTIVE-RESTORATIVE contains no Bisphenol A, No Bis-GMA and no BPA derivatives.
ACTIVA BioACTIVE-RESTORATIVE – Patented Bioactive Chemistry
An unparalleled combination of chemical and physical properties delivers esthetics, bioactivity, toughness, resilience, durability and marginal integrity:
- Patented bioactive ionic resin
- Patented rubberized resin
- Bioactive glass Ionomer
ACTIVA BioACTIVE-RESTORATIVE has a number of features that set it apart from other products.
- Natural esthetics – Highly polishable
- Tough, resilient, fracture and wear resistant, absorbs shock
- Releases and recharges calcium, phosphate and fluoride
- Chemically bonds – Seals against bacterial microleakage
- No sensitivity
- Moisture tolerant – Simplified technique
ACTIVA BioACTIVE-RESTORATIVE behave favorably in the moist oral environment
- neutralize conditions that cause dental caries,
- provide prevention benefits, and
- Maximize the potential for remineralization will become the accepted standard of dental care.
ACTIVA BioACTIVE actively participates in the cycles of ionic exchange that regulate the natural chemistry of teeth and saliva and contribute to the maintenance of tooth structure and oral health.
ACTIVA BioACTIVE has the strength, esthetics and physical properties of composites and delivers more fluoride release than glass ionomers,combining the best attributes of both materials without compromising either one.
ACTIVA BioACTIVE chemically bonds and seals teeth against bacterial leakage,and its continuous release and recharge of significant amounts of calcium, phosphate and fluoride ions provide patients with long-term benefits.
ACTIVA BioACTIVE is tougher and more fracture resistant than composites. Toughness of ACTIVA, measured by deflection at break, is 2-3 times greater than composites and is 5-10 times greater than GIs and RMGIs.
ACTIVA BioACTIVE is an active, moisture friendly material that reacts to changes in the oral environment. Only moisture friendly materials that are partly water-based or have phases or zones with significant water content are capable of this dynamic behavior.
ACTIVA BioACTIVE reacts to the continuous pH changes in the mouth to help fortify and recharge the ionic properties of saliva, teeth and the material itself. For this reason, ACTIVA is considered a “smart” material.
ACTIVA BioACTIVE contains water, yet the material has extremely low solubility. The ionic resin matrix facilitates the diffusion of calcium, phosphate and fluoride ions while still maintaining the excellent physical properties associated with resins and composites.
ACTIVA BioACTIVE contains no Bisphenol A, no Bis-GMA and no BPA derivatives.
ACTIVA BioACTIVE a two-paste, automix systems with three setting mechanisms:
- light cure,
- self-cure resin chemistry, and
- self-cure glass Ionomer reaction.
ACTIVA BioACTIVE is formulated with a patented, moisture friendly ionic-resin that contains a small amount of water.
Its bioactivity mimics nature and responds to changes in the oral environment.
The ionic resin exhibits exceptional marginal integrity, sealing ability against bacterial leakage, and intimate adaptation to tooth structure.
It releases a great amount of phosphateand significantly recharges with fluoride and contains an acidic monomer with antimicrobial propertiesthat improves the interaction between the resin component and the glass Ionomer and enhances the interaction with tooth structure.
The ionic resin contains phosphate acid groups. Through an ionization process that is dependent upon water, hydrogen ions break off from these groups and are replaced by calcium in tooth structure.
This ionic interaction binds the resin to the minerals in the tooth, forming a strong resin-hydroxyapatite complex and a positive seal against microleakage.
Fig 1: In the presence of saliva, hydrogen breaks off from the phosphate acid groups.
Fig 2: The hydrogen is replaced by calcium in the tooth, chemically bonding the resin to the tooth structure and forming an intimate seal.
ACTIVA BioACTIVE participates in a dynamic system of ion exchange with saliva and tooth structure, continuously releasing and recharging calcium, phosphate and fluoride ions and reacting to pH changes in the mouth.
ACTIVA BioACTIVE is the first dental materials to combine all the benefits of composites, glass ionomers and RMGIs without any of their disadvantages.
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Refills:
1 X 8gm A1 syringe 20 X mix tips with bendable 20-gauge metal cannula
1 X 8gm A2 syringe 20 X mix tips with bendable 20-gauge metal cannula
1 X 8gm A3 syringe 20 X mix tips with bendable 20-gauge metal cannula
1 X 8gm A3.5syringe 20 X mix tips with bendable 20-gauge metal cannula