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The Minamata Convention and direct restorative options
Scientific Programme (On Demand)
Session Description
The Minamata Convention and direct restorative options
Dental caries remains a major health burden to the community, despite a thorough understanding of its aetiology and the substantial effort invested in its prevention. Since its introduction, over 150 years ago, dental amalgam has become the most common material used to repair carious teeth because of its cost-effectiveness, ease of use and long success history. In term of clinical longevity, it still offers the best result of all direct restorative materials, however it requires the removal of more sound tooth structure. Its two most popular alternative are composite resins and glass-ionomer cements.
In 2013, the United Nations’ Environment Programme initiated the Minamata Convention on Mercury. It is a global treaty to “protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases ...
Learning Objectives
Topics covered include:
Dental caries remains a major health burden to the community, despite a thorough understanding of its aetiology and the substantial effort invested in its prevention. Since its introduction, over 150 years ago, dental amalgam has become the most common material used to repair carious teeth because of its cost-effectiveness, ease of use and long success history. In term of clinical longevity, it still offers the best result of all direct restorative materials, however it requires the removal of more sound tooth structure. Its two most popular alternative are composite resins and glass-ionomer cements.
In 2013, the United Nations’ Environment Programme initiated the Minamata Convention on Mercury. It is a global treaty to “protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases ...
Learning Objectives
Topics covered include:
- The Minamata Convention and it’s implication to clinical dentistry
- Prepare for an amalgam free world
- Select restorative materials according to clinical indications
- Evidence-based approach to restorative dentistry
- Management of the advanced lesions