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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.

Why choose Palodent 360?

A user study showed that 90% of circumferential matrix users said that Palodent 360 allowed them to create anatomically correct contacts and contours.¹

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 V3 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 V3 retaining ring, you can gain temporary access to tight interproximal spaces, and the Palodent V3 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.

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Palodent 360 circumferential dental matrix system holded with two fingers

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.*

Palodent 360 is all you need to ensure tight contacts and natural contours especially when you cannot use the Palodent V3 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 V3 retaining rings that can be used to gain temporary required space in tight interproximal spaces.
They are also compatible with Palodent V3 wedges for an optimal seal.

Place, Twist and Wedge

Natural contours and ideal contacts with a simple twist of the fingers.

1. Place

2. Twist

3. Wedge

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.

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Use cases of the Palodent 360 system

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.

Missing cusp

Missing adjacent tooth

Misaligned tooth

Tooth isolation for core build-up

Tips and Tricks

Size availability

Choose a band that slightly exceeds the height of the occlusal circumference.

Tight contacts?

Use a Palodent V3 retaining ring or pre-wedge to create separation before placing the matrix.

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.

Palodent products are designed to work together

Use a Palodent V3 ring and/or wedges.

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.** Dentsply Sirona has continuously improved matrix technology: Palodent matrix systems for simpler, better restorations.

Tofflemire™ circumferential band restoration

Bulky, awkward system
Failure to restore proximal anatomy, increasing risk of fracture, recurrent caries and periodontal disease
Thin or open contact at the marginal ridge with large food trap below
Extensive finishing required

Palodent matrix system restoration

Easy to use system
Natural contours
Tight, anatomically correct contact point
Minimal interproximal finishing

Upgrade From Automatrix

Palodent 360 excels where Automatrix falls short. Common pitfalls associated with Automatrix:

Requires use of AutoMate® III tightening device and AutoMatrix® Snippers+.
Matrix band not pre-contoured which can lead to thin or open contacts at the marginal ridge with large food trap below.
Failure to restore proximal anatomy, increasing risk of fracture, recurrent caries and periodontal disease.

Palodent 360’s easy to place pre-contoured bands and integrated tightening mechanism give clinicians unobstructed views, anatomically natural contours, and more efficient restorations.

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Tips & Tricks I Palodent 360

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Research Study | The Palodent 360 matrix system

Comparing strength and contact dimensions across competing circumferential matrix systems

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^{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}

^{*Dental Learning Systems, Direct Restoratives Survey, May 2016. N=143}

^{**Owens BM, Phebus JG, An evidence-based review of dental matrix systems, “General Dentistry,” September/October 2016}

Palodent 360 Circumferential Matrix System

Accurate contacts and contours at your fingertips