Applic Flow Composite Maquira A2 (Flowable Composite Resin)

Shade A2 is a position on the Vita Classical shade guide — the universally used reference system for matching artificial dental materials to natural tooth colour. The Vita Classical system organises shades into four hue groups (A=reddish-brown, B=reddish-yellow, C=grey, D=reddish-grey) with numeric suffixes (1=lightest to 4=darkest within each group). A2 falls in the middle-light range of the A hue group. Clinical surveys of natural dentition consistently show that A2 is the most prevalent shade in adult teeth across diverse populations — neither very light nor very dark, with a warm yellowish undertone. This prevalence means that in a typical restorative practice, A2 accounts for a disproportionately large share of composite consumption compared to any other single shade.

Self-leveling refers to the material's ability to distribute itself under its own surface tension and gravity across the floor and walls of a cavity preparation after deposition — reducing the need for instrument spreading and ensuring coverage of all cavity surfaces. Anti-gravity refers to the material's thixotropic behaviour: once placed in a vertical, oblique, or inverted cavity, the material remains where it was deposited rather than flowing out of position under gravity. This combination is clinically important because it means Applic Flow can be placed in any cavity orientation — horizontal Class I, vertical Class III, inverted Class II — and will stay in position after the applicator tip is withdrawn, ready for light-curing, without slumping away from critical margin areas.

Maquira Applic Flow holds: FDA 510(k) clearance (USA); CE marking (European Union); MDR (EU Medical Device Regulation) compliance; MDSAP (Medical Device Single Audit Program) certification; ISO 13485:2016 quality management system certification (confirmed from First Dental Supplies listing). ANVISA registration number 80322400033 is applicable to Maquira composite resin products (Brazil national regulatory authority). The combination of FDA, CE, MDR, ISO 13485, and MDSAP certifications positions the product for procurement into regulated markets across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Africa, where at least one of these certifications is typically required for import clearance of Class IIa dental materials.

Applic Flow is supplied as 1 syringe with 2g of composite resin and 5 applicator tips. The number of restorations achievable per syringe depends on the cavity size and the clinical indication: for pit and fissure sealing or small Class V cervical restorations, a 2g syringe can treat 8 to 12 sites. For a lining layer under a composite restoration, a single thin layer per cavity uses approximately 0.1 to 0.2g, allowing 10 to 20 lined cavities per syringe. For Class III or Class V restorations used as the primary restorative material, 2g covers approximately 4 to 8 restorations depending on the cavity size. The applicator tips are single-use and should be discarded after each patient.

Applic Flow can be used as the sole restorative material in small cavities — Class V restorations, tunnel preparations, enamel defect repairs, pit and fissure sealing — where the material thickness required is within the flowable's mechanical properties range. For larger Class I, II, III, or IV restorations with significant occlusal load, Applic Flow is best used as a lining or base layer, followed by a conventional condensable or nano-hybrid body composite for the bulk of the restoration. The lining technique uses Applic Flow to seal the cavity floor and internal line angles (where voids are most likely), adapts perfectly to the irregular cavity geometry, and provides a stress-absorbing layer under the stiffer body composite, improving marginal adaptation and reducing polymerisation shrinkage stress at the cavity walls.