What is Minimally Invasive Dentistry?

Biomimetic restorative dentistry has been taught and practiced for over 20 years, with its roots linked to minimally invasive dentistry that started decades earlier. Minimally invasive dentistry sought to conserve tooth structure and restore only parts of the tooth affected by pathologies. With the invention of adhesive materials, adhesive dentistry showed promise in advancing minimally invasive principles with new materials that no longer required retention, but the adhesive restorations still fell short. Teeth are more complex than many other materials that are adhesively connected, so simply bonding the restoration to the tooth did not yield long-term success.In this episode Dr. David Alleman discusses how minimally invasive dentistry paved the way for the more conservative approaches we use today, how biomimetic dentistry made adhesives more predictable, allowing for longer-lasting bonds, and where cosmetic dentistry fits in to the adhesive dentistry spectrum.Send us Fan MailUpcoming training programs:May 18: Online Biomimetic Mastership startsAugust 7-8: SLA WorkshopSeptember 14: Online Biomimetic Mastership startsSeptember 25-26: SLA WorkshopOctober 7-10: In-Person Biomimetic MastershipOctober 23-24: Advanced Occlusion WorkshopDecember 4-5: SLA WorkshopLearn more and register at allemancenter.com/eventsInstagram @david.alleman.dds@[email protected]@allemancenter