Heraeus’ Venus® Bulk Fill Composite Receives Four-Star Rating from REALITY Publishing

SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, November 1, 2011 – Heraeus Kulzer, LLC, the worldwide leader in dental esthetics, announced that its Venus Bulk Fill composite received a fourstar rating from leading dental product rating company REALITY Research Lab.

Venus Bulk Fill is a low stress flowable composite that enables bulk filling of 4mm and provides an efficient solution for esthetic posterior restorations. It delivers low shrinkage stress and self-adaptive handling that eliminates steps and provides ideal coverage of the cavity floor and walls. It is also highly radiopaque for more accurate diagnosis.

“Dentists and their Assistants love the time savings that bulk fill composites can provide, but many believe these composites are only appropriate for restorations requiring bulk filling of 4 mm,” said Jennifer Kalinowski, Heraeus’ Senior Product Manager.

“REALITY’s four-star rating reinforces the fact that this limitation does not apply with Venus Bulk Fill,” she said. “Its exceptionally low shrinkage stress makes it ideal when used as a base liner in shallow restorations or as an efficient bulk fill solution for all Class I and Class II restorations. Venus Bulk Fill is the versatile flowable composite for all types of Class I or II restorations.

The REALITY Editorial Team gave Venus Bulk Fill strong marks for shrinkage stress, dispensing, consistency, handling, flow, radiopacity, curing time and post-operative sensitivity.

With an Editorial Team comprising 38 of the most respected and renowned dental professionals in the world, REALITY is considered by many to be dentistry’s leading authority on esthetics.

For more information on Venus Bulk Fill composite, please click here or call (877) 431-1785.

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Heraeus, the precious metals and technology group headquartered in Hanau, Germany, is a global, private company with 160 years of tradition. Our fields of competence include precious metals, materials, and technologies, sensors, biomaterials, and medical products, as well as dental products, quartz glass, and specialty light sources. With product revenues of €4.1 billion and precious metal trading revenues of €17.9 billion, as well as more than 12,900 employees in over 120 subsidiaries worldwide, Heraeus holds a leading position in its global markets.