Tokuyama Dental recently introduced EsteCem II, a dual cure resin cement.
The cement offers the higher bond strength found in DC resin cements, making it compatible with all restorative materials, according to the company website. When EsteCem II is used with Tokuyama Universal Bond, it provides a quick application that is said to be less technique sensitive than comparable SA resin cements.
The cement has a variety of indications, including cementation of retentive and non-retentive surfaces; cementation of crowns, bridges, inlays, and onlays made of glass/oxide ceramics (porcelain, zirconia and alumina), metals/alloys (precious and non-precious) and resin materials including inorganic filler (composite materials); cementation of veneers; cementation of adhesion bridges; cementation of metal or resin cores, metal or glass-fiber posts; and repair of fractured porcelain fused to metal crowns and all ceramic restorations