Riva Star Aqua
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Riva Star Aqua Brochure
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Overall
4.6
Strengths
· Another addition towards a minimally invasive approach!
· Good desensitizing.
· Good for pedo.
· No ammonia.
· Seems to work pretty good especially with sensitivity.
· The color coding makes this a good product, the lack of odor was preferred.
· I believe this would serve our pediatric patients or elderly patients as a caries arresting agent.
· No smell if that bothers you. Minimal tissue irritation without the high pH ammonia.
· Less staining.
· Effective, no bad taste or smell, no need for tissue protection, ability to arrest caries.
· Less tissue irritation, no gingival barrier needed, no need to store in the fridge, effective in reducing cervical hypersensitivity.
· This is a nice product and the patients feel good just after application in the same session. Storing condition is convenient. There is almost no irritation in gingival tissues. No barrier is needed. The results are significant in every stage of sensitivity.
· Very good desensitizer. Easy to use. No smell.
· No ammonia, less tissue irritation, very effective as desensitizer.
Weaknesses
· Additional step.
· Stains.
· 2 step process.
· A bit challenging to use, had to be careful to use and could not use on children or pregnant women.
· It stains and it can irritate tissue especially on unattached gingiva and lips.
· The capsules were not easy to penetrate without an additional instrument — the waste seemed excessive with them.
· I didn't receive great results with desensitizing, but would still use it and with more experience and time, may get better results.
· Not sure if it works 100% of the time.
· Potential for staining, not able to use in esthetic zone.
· Window of usage is quite narrow.
· Staining potential (one patient reported low level staining on the tooth).
· Capsule form seems not economical for one tooth cases.
· Irritation to gingiva.
· Two steps.
BOTTOM LINE
· Definitely worth the effort.
· Useful in specific cases.
· I loved the product.
· I would not purchase.
· Good for sensitivity, but uncertain on caries arrest.
· Riva Star Aqua is a nice addition to the restorative material armamentarium. SDF/SF should be in every office in some form or another.
· I would probably use this as more of a caries arresting agent.
· I can see this for pediatric caries treatment due to the lack of smell and tissue irritation.
· Nice product. Dispensing was easy.
· Would definitely recommend this product.
· To my type of practice, this has not too much value.
· With its ammonia-free formulation, it is much safer than the original version.
· This product is a promising material. I did not have chance to test the product for caries arrest. However as a desensitizer, it seems it is very successful. The patients feel the effect immediately after the application. Long-term clinical controls, the effect on bond strength when used to arrest caries, and post-op in vivo studies about the caries arrest effect should be studied.
· Very good desensitizing material.
· I like it. I would recommend as a desensitizer.
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