Single-shade universal composite blends seamlessly into surrounding dentition to create beautiful, natural-looking restorations

For some doctors, the beauty of being a general dentist is the ability to pick and choose which services to provide—whether that means sticking with the basics or exploring the worlds of endo, ortho, implants, or esthetic treatments like Botox and dermal fillers. “I think the coolest thing about dentistry is the ability to pivot your practice to what makes you happy,” said Kristine Aadland, DMD, who owns a tech-forward, spa-like dental practice in Vancouver, WA.

“When I started my own practice 15 years ago, I thought I needed to be everything to everybody and do all aspects of dentistry,” she revealed. “It took a few years and life lessons to realize that I really didn’t love surgery or endo, but I thrived in restorative dentistry. I love the emotional response of the patient when they get their new smile, and I’m addicted to the game of trying to create a natural result— whatever ‘natural’ means to that individual patient.”

Natural Smiles, Guaranteed

A lifelong learner and educator who completes over 100 hours of CE every year, Dr. Aadland is passionate about staying up to date on the latest tools and treatments. So, it should come as no surprise that she uses CLEARFIL MAJESTY ES-2 Universal nearly every day. With no blocker or opaquer required, the material leverages Kuraray Noritake Dental’s Light Diffusion Technology, which makes restorations diffuse light in a similar way that tooth structure does. The result? The material integrates easily and smoothly into surrounding tooth structure, making preparation margins become virtually invisible.

“I was a little skeptical about it at first,” admitted Dr. Aadland. “But it’s such an easy composite to work with. We’ve been using it regularly in the posterior, and we just started using it in the anterior, too. I love the handling of it—it’s not super tacky, and it looks great on the x-ray. And, it’s just one shade!”

Fewer Steps, Fewer Problems

A single shade means fewer steps and less mar­gin for error. The material’s wide blending effect eliminates tedious shade matching while providing excellent, natural-looking esthetics. “When we’re setting up rooms, we sometimes need to switch things up, so it’s nice to not think about stocking a bunch of different shades and just have this one shade,” said Dr. Aadland.

She continued, “I love doing anterior composites and bonding, and we recently had a patient with a lot of natural translucency and some good color in her teeth. We put CLEARFIL MAJESTY ES-2 Universal on it, and it was gorgeous. It’s been such a game-changer in our practice, which has been so fun.”

” It’s been such a gamechanger in our practice, which has been so fun.” —Kristine Aadland, DMD