Two shades, all tooth colours
CLEARFIL MAJESTY™ ES Flow Universal WINS RESEARCH AWARD
Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc. has just launched a flowable composite with a simplified shade concept: CLEARFIL MAJESTY™ ES Flow Universal. As published in the January/February 2025 issue of the US-based Dental Advisor, the brand-new product earned a prestigious Research Award for its convincing in-vitro performance.
PROPERTIES IN A NUTSHELL
In Europe, CLEARFIL MAJESTY™ ES Flow Universal was just launched in two viscosities – Low and Super Low, while in the United States, the Super Low variant is available. To provide for an effortless shade selection procedure, the material is equipped with a smart combination of an enamel-like translucency, dentin-like chroma and unique Light-Diffusion Technology (LDT). This leads to exceptional shade-matching abilities and allows for a minimal shade range of just two complementary shades – universal (U) and universal dark (UD). Once cured, the material naturally blends with the surrounding tooth structure.
Apart from intuitive shade selection, the flowable composite offers another major advantage: Its exceptionally high strength. With a flexural strength of 152 MPa and a compressive strength of 374 MPa, CLEARFIL MAJESTY™ ES Flow Universal (Super Low) is as strong as many paste-type composites. Consequently, it is suitable for use even in stress-bearing areas and indicated for:
- Direct restorations for all cavity classes, cervical lesions (e.g. root surface caries, v-shape defects), tooth wear, and tooth erosion
- Cavity base / liner
- Correction of tooth position and tooth shape (e.g. diastema closure, tooth malformation)
- Intraoral repair of fractured restorations
- Cementation of ceramic and composite inlays, onlays and veneers with less than 2 mm thickness
STUNNING IN-VITRO PERFORMANCE
The Super Low flowability variant offered the United States was tested in the Dental Advisor Biomaterials Research Center and compared to two other flowable composites. Among the properties evaluated were the materials’ flexural strength, modulus of elasticity, fracture toughness, compressive strength and radiopacity. Moreover, the investigators assessed the shade-matching ability of the materials in the context of restoring Class V cavities in A1, B2, C3, and D4-shaded denture teeth. Finally, they put the radiopacity and flow properties to a test.
CLEARFIL MAJESTY™ ES Flow Universal performed very well in all respects. Physical properties turned out to be among the highest of flowable composites and on a similar level as paste-type alternatives. Radiopacity was found to be ideal, as was the viscosity, as the material holds its initial shape after application. And although only two shades are offered, the investigators confirmed that the CLEARFIL MAJESTY™ ES Flow Universal matches a broad range of natural tooth shades.
ABOUT DENTAL ADVISOR
The Top Product and Preferred Product Awards from Dental Advisor, a US-based organization, were initiated to help busy practitioners navigate the variety of new dental solutions available, particularly for less invasive techniques and standardized procedures. These awards aim to identify products that improve outcomes consistently. Dental Advisor conducts clinical evaluations and product performance tests shortly after a product’s launch and publishes annual results online to help practitioners identify high-quality dental materials suited to their specific needs. Research Awards were initiated to honour those manufacturers of dental products with an ongoing commitment to research, development and advancement of dental materials to enhance treatment quality.
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- 2025-05-20
