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Accurate Contacts and Contours at Your Fingertips
Palodent® matrix systems help you achieve reliable isolation with a tight gingival seal.
The innovative design and integrated tightener of Palodent 360 help to achieve optimal contacts and anatomically natural contours, all with just a twist of your fingers.
No bulky accessory instruments required, allowing for efficiency (no set up required), ease of placement, better access, clear view of the operating field and greater patient comfort.
Palodent® 360 is compatible with all commonly used dental composites, adhesives, etches, amalgams and other Dentsply Sirona Class II Solution products. For better restorations, faster and easier than you ever thought possible. A user study showed that 90% of circumferential matrix users said that Palodent® 360 allowed them to create anatomically correct contacts and contours.1
Benefits
Why choose Palodent® 360?
Accurate contacts
Palodent 360’s pre-contoured band curvature ensures restoration creates broad contacts in the middle ⅓ of the tooth to reduce the risk of food traps and recurrent caries. Pair it with Palodent Plus wedges for an excellent seal.
Anatomically correct contours
Palodent® 360 recreates the contours and the wedge provides a tight seal at the floor of the proximal box.
Efficient
Simply twist the integrated thumbwheel tightener to tighten and loosen the band. Unlike other circumferential matrix systems, there is no need for separate bulky retainers that block your field of view. With quick and easy positioning, Palodent® 360 helps to create minimal flash after the restoration and to reduce the need for extensive finishing time.
Easy adjustment and removal
The pre-contoured matrix band is easy to place, remove, tighten, loosen and adjust. When used with the Palodent Plus retaining ring, you can gain temporary access to tight interproximal spaces, and the Palodent Plus wedges protect gingival papillae and seal at the gingival margin.
Better access and unobstructed view
The compact design of Palodent® 360 keeps patients comfortable and does not hinder your ability to see and work, even in difficult access areas. A user evaluation indicated that 90% of circumferential matrix users said the Palodent® 360 provided a clear view of the restorative field.¹
Placement versatility
Palodent® 360 accommodates a multitude of positions on posterior teeth. Regardless of placement, field of view and instrument accessibility is maintained.
It's simple: Place, twist, wedge
97% of clinicians say that achieving proper isolation of a Class II cavity is difficult in at least 1 out of 10 cases.²
Palodent 360 is all you need to ensure tight contacts and natural contours especially when you cannot use the Palodent Plus sectional matrix system like when there is a missing adjacent tooth, a mis-aligned tooth, or a missing cusp.
- Palodent 360 matrix bands are compatible with Palodent Plus retaining rings that can be used to gain temporary required space in tight interproximal spaces.
- They are also compatible with Palodent Plus wedges for an optimal seal.
Place, Twist and Wedge
Natural contours and optimal contacts with a simple twist of the fingers.
Placement Versatility
Palodent® 360 Matrix bands are designed to be placed in a multitude of positions to accommodate field of view, loss of tooth structure, and accessibility for instruments.
Use cases of Palodent® 360
Palodent® 360 circumferential matrix bands can be for all Class II restorations, but especially useful for difficult Class II Cases when there is no adjacent tooth, too much tooth structure is missing to use a sectional matrix, or if there is a mis-aligned or severely rotated tooth.
Tips and Tricks
Size availability
Choose a band that slightly exceeds the height of the occlusal circumference.
Tight contacts?
Use a Palodent Plus retaining ring or pre-wedge to create separation before placing the matrix. Palodent products are designed to work together.
Small teeth
Pre-tighten the band prior to placement to minimize excess slack.
Thumbwheel position
Place the thumbwheel anywhere along the secure tooth wall to achieve the best field of view and accessibility.
Where space or grip is limited
Grasp the thumbwheel and move the white retaining body forward in a ratcheting motion. Release the thumbwheel, allowing the retaining body to return back to center. Repeat until the band is snug.
Removing the matrix
Reverse rotation on the thumbwheel (counterclockwise) and wiggle slightly back and forth to loosen matrix band.
Throw away your Tofflemire™
The Tofflemire™ was introduced in 1946 to aid in placement of dental amalgam. Today, it’s obsolete technology that can lead to clinical failure when used with modern composite resins.3 Palodent® matrix systems use modern matrix technology to offer advanced sectional and circumferential systems to deliver consistent, accurate restorations.
Upgrade From Automatrix®
Palodent® 360 excels where Automatrix falls short. Common pitfalls associated with Automatrix®:
- Flat band matrix system subject to anatomically incorrect contour and contacts
- Extra tools required such as a tightening tool and snippers
- Longer treatment time due to extra steps and tools involved
Palodent® 360’s easy to place pre-contoured bands and integrated tightening mechanism give clinicians unobstructed views, efficient workflows and natural contours for improved patient health and satisfaction.
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Comparing strength and contact dimensions across competing circumferential matrix systems.
1. User evaluation United States, 2019. 237 restorations were placed by 52 dentists who indicated their preferred method of restoring Class II cavities was circumferential matrix systems. 90% said the Palodent 360 meets or exceeds their ability to easily recreate accurate tooth contour and create anatomically accurate contact with the adjacent tooth
2. Dental Learning Systems, Direct Restoratives Survey, May 2016. N=143
3. Owens BM, Phebus JG, An evidence-based review of dental matrix systems, “General Dentistry,” September/October 2016
