Finishing and polishing
The finishing can be done with multi-laminated drills or fine-grained
and extra-fine diamond tips in high rotation. Spherical tips and
pear-shaped or barrel tips can also be used in order to remove the
coarsest excesses of the material.4 The finishing of the proximal
surfaces can be done with the help of sanding strips 2mm
wide.4
The ideal polishing should be done after seven days, in the nanohybrid
composites the restorations were smoother making the polishing
immediately but without irrigation10. Felt discs with diamond paste and
flexible sequential discs (Sof-Lex Pop On 3M Sanding Disc) were used.