Tempit: A More Convenient Option

When Dr. Ritu Dureja describes Centrix’s Tempit, she keeps coming back to the same word: convenient.

The temporary filling and sealing material saves her time and is much easier to use than the intermediate restorative material she relied on in the past. Dr. Dureja places Tempit as a temporary material when she’s doing a filling and knows the patient will need a root canal soon. In some cases, the material has stayed in for almost two weeks without any issues.

The moisture-activated Tempit sets within 5 minutes and expands slightly to seal out microleakage and bacterial ingress. For Dr. Dureja, a major advantage is Tempit’s unique delivery system, which does not require mixing.

“It’s definitely a timesaver,” Dr. Dureja said. “It’s just more convenient because you don’t have to mix it, making it so much easier for the assistant.”

She noted that patients appreciate the shorter chair time that results from using Tempit. “If an emergency patient comes in with a fracture,” she said, “the patient is pretty much in and out in a few minutes.”

How It Compares

Other materials used for temporary restorations come in the form of powder and liquid that must be mixed on a cold glass slab, Dr. Dureja said. With Tempit’s prefilled tips, she can inject the material directly into the prep. There are no squeeze tubes, messy spatulation, or cross contaminating jars to worry about.

“With the product I previously used, it would take extra time to get the glass slab out, mix, and then clean up the glass slab,” she said. “There isn’t a mess to clean up afterward with Tempit. You put it in the gun, place it in the patient’s mouth, and you’re done.” 

Even though it’s easier to use, Tempit still delivers the desired results, Dr. Dureja said. There’s no sacrifice on performance for the added convenience of faster application and cleanup. “It stays in for a decent amount of time and can come out, if needed, to retrieve the crown,” she said.

Dr. Dureja also has had success using Tempit as a temporary cement.

Plenty of Options

Having begun using Tempit a few months ago at her general practice in Warren, NJ, Dr. Dureja not only plans to keep it in her armamentarium, but she’s also eager to try other products in the Tempit line as well. Centrix offers 4 temporary filling materials, each packaged in prefilled unit-dose tips for precise delivery via the Centrix C-R Gun. The gun delivery not only makes the process easier, it also reduces waste.

Other products in the line include:

• Tempit-E, a moisture-activated temporary filling and sealing material with eugenol

• Tempit L/C, a light-activated, flexible temporary restorative material

• Tempit Ultra-F, a light-activated, rigid longer-term temporary restorative material with fluoride.

The line gives clinicians plenty of options for a variety of clinical scenarios, and they all come with the advantage of time savings.

“To me, the best benefit Tempit offers is the convenience,” Dr. Dureja said. “There’s less mess and it’s just so much quicker.”