Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com to excessive occlusal wear [4]. Excessive wear of anterior dental elements is a fact of high influence on the smile’s esthetics and harmony [3-5]. As cases become more complex, aspects related to the patient’s occlusion re-establishment must be observed, including the recovery of the occlusal vertical dimension (OVD), which is defined as the vertica...

Direct composite resin restorations have become a viable alternative for patients that require anterior restorative procedures to be integrated to the other teeth that compose the smile, especially for presenting satisfactory esthetic results and minimum wear of the dental structure. Technological evolution along with a better understanding of the behavior of dental tissues to light incidence h...

background and aims. one of the major problems of all-ceramic restorations is their probable fracture under occlusal force. the aim of the present in vitro study was to compare the effect of two marginal designs (chamfer and deep chamfer) on the fracture resistance of all-ceramic restorations, cercon. materials and methods. this in vitro study was carried out with single-blind experimental tech...

Information about food ingestion and mastication behavior during the lifespan of an individual is encoded in the dental occlusal wear pattern. To decode this information, we describe a new method called occlusal fingerprint analysis (OFA). Structural parameters of wear facets on the occlusal surface of teeth are quantified from digitized casts for the interpretation of occlusal aspects. The OFA...

INTRODUCTION Incorporating a feldspar chemical bond between alumina filler particles is expected to increase the wear-resistant and flexural strength properties. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES An investigation was carried out to evaluate the influence of the feldspar chemical bonding between alumina filler particles on wear and flexural strength of experimental alumina/feldspar dental composites. It was...

Resin composites were first introduced as anterior restorative materials, but are more and more used in posterior teeth, as amalgam replacements. Nowadays the so-called ‘condensable’ composites are frequently used in posterior teeth. These materials are subjected to high values of contact and mastigatory loads, loading rates and sliding distances. In such contact conditions, wear is the major f...

Ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) at the Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve (BMSR), Madagascar display a high frequency of individuals with notable and sometimes extreme tooth wear. Adult lemurs display a range of tooth wear even among individuals of the same age, but we do not know at what age this variation first appears. This study's goal was to determine whether wear variation occurs in younger w...

Dental professionals are required to wear gloves for all treatments. Most wear natural rubber latex gloves. This may cause sensitization to latex proteins and subsequent allergic reactions (1). We report the case of a 21-year-old dental undergraduate student who, after the first time he had worn latex gloves during a practical session in the second year of his course, developed severe allergic ...

Early recognition of dental erosion is important to prevent serious irreversible damage to the dentition. This requires awareness of the clinical appearance of erosion compared to other forms of tooth wear. An understanding of the etiologies and risk factors for erosion is also important. These form the basis of a diagnostic protocol and management strategy that addresses the multifactorial nat...