Jemds.com Review Article J Evolution Med Dent Sci / eISSN - 2278-4802, pISSN - 2278-4748 / Vol. 10 / Issue 33 / Aug. 16, 2021 Page 2841 Recent Advances in Finishing and Polishing for Restorative Materials - A Review Shweta Gupta 1 , Parinitha Mysore Shankar 2 , Sowmya Halassabalu Kalgeria 3 , Ashwini Tumkur Shivakumar 4 1, 2, 3, 4 Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, JSS College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Mysuru, India. ABSTRACT The important key to dentistry is to render best dental care to the patients. Science is undergoing great revolutions that are leading us to a new era of dentistry. The development and implementation of any new system relies on comprehensive understanding of the existing systems. A well contoured, finished, and polished restoration results in welfare regarding dental concern in terms of oral health, oral function and aesthetics. These procedures call for an incremental stepwise approach establishing finest scratches to the substrate surface in order to systematically eliminate the deeper or profound scratches from previous grinding. Fortunately, dentistry has been the focal point of a great covenant research in recent years with the desire of ameliorating restoration performances. In this article we put forward the basic foundation regarding the finishing polishing technique, the ideology behind it, objectives and why it is important. The article discusses evidence based information to enlighten the paramount significance of this step in enhancing the properties of a restoration. Here, in this article we majorly review the recent aids or inventions made in the field of finishing and polishing materials with currently published reference articles. The knowledge and impact of new technologies is higher than we expected. It helps us in improvising our methodologies with enlightening places of correlation with research. It helps us improve our work and deliver high quality treatment with less time and more patient satisfaction. The overall point of this article is to give the readers with an improved mindfulness and more extensive information on the standards and apparatuses accessible to create ideal dental restorations. KEY WORDS Abrasives, Dental Restorations, Finishing, Polishing, Recent Advances Corresponding Author: Dr. Shweta Gupta, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Room No.7, First Floor, JSSDCH, SS Nagar, Bannimantap, Mysuru, Karnataka - 570015, India. E-mail: gupta.shweta0226@gmail.com DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2021/578 How to Cite This Article: Gupta S, Shankar PM, Kalgeri SH, et al. Recent advances in finishing and polishing for restorative materials - a review. J Evolution Med Dent Sci 2021;10(33):2841- 2846, DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2021/578 Submission 31-01-2021, Peer Review 14-06-2021, Acceptance 21-06-2021, Published 16-08-2021. Copyright © 2021 Shweta Gupta et al. This is an open access article distributed under Creative Commons Attribution License [Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)]