Why the World Uses Glass Ionomer | Dr. David Wright

Añadido: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]It's also had in North America, the major cement is the glass ionomer.

[00:00:05]That's what they use. You go to Europe, you go to Australia, Asia, they're using glass ionomer. And the reason they're using that is because it >> [clears throat] >> allows a seal to the margin and it's cariostatic. So, it's a really important thing with these new crowns that we're getting. We're all excited, the lower cost crowns, the zirconia crowns, everything that we're doing, but the margin is open 100 microns instead of maybe 10 microns with a gold crown. So, we need something that's going to seal that and be cariostatic.