SDI is thrilled to announce that its next-generation composite, Stela, has been awarded ‘New Product Launch of the Year’ at the 2025 FMC Dental Industry Awards.
The award recognises Stela’s transformative impact on the dental industry since its UK debut in 2024.
Positioned as the future of composite dentistry, Stela is a high-performance, self-curing restorative material designed to simplify restorative workflows while delivering the strength and aesthetics clinicians expect. By reducing the traditional seven-step composite placement process down to just two steps, Stela represents a step-change in efficiency and predictability for modern dentistry.
Simplifying the Restorative Workflow
Developed in collaboration with leading Australian universities, Stela’s standout innovation lies in its ability to simplify composite placement without compromising clinical performance. As a self-curing composite with unlimited depth of cure and low-stress polymerisation, Stela creates a stable, gap-free interface without the need for acid etching or light curing. Key benefits include:
- High strength with fast “snap-set” performance, reaching approximately 90% of final strength within 60 minutes.
- Unlimited depth of cure, enabling bulk placement without incremental layering.
- Simple two-step application ( primer + composite) with low technique sensitivity.
- Gap-free marginal sealingwith minimal shrinkage, supporting reduced postoperative sensitivity.
- Universal shade with chameleon effect, delivering aesthetic results with reduced inventory.
- Flexible delivery options are available in capsule or Automix syringe.
A Timely Solution for an Evolving Profession
The award comes at a pivotal moment for the dental profession, as clinicians increasingly seek more efficient, reliable restorative solutions. With the complete phase-out of dental amalgam by 2034 now confirmed, Stela offers a future-focused composite solution that supports evolving clinical workflows – whether transitioning from amalgam, glass ionomers or traditional composites.
Mike Farrow, European Sales Manager, SDI accepted the award at the prestigious event held at Wembley Stadium, London,
“Receiving this award is a fantastic milestone for SDI. Stela was engineered to give clinicians a simpler, high-performance composite solution, and this recognition from the FMC Industry Awards shows the profession is ready for a more efficient future in restorative dentistry.”
