Whether a direct or indirect approach is taken when faced with a patient requiring restorative treatment, creating and designing natural occlusal surfaces is not only a challenge, but also important to achieve proper bite registration, occlusion, and masticatory function. The indirect restoration described in this article features a computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacture (CAD/CAM)-gen...

The widespread use of aesthetic f illings has highlighted their advantages and disadvantages. One of the most troublesome features of earlier aesthetic materials was the difficulty of finishing the restoration surface to decrease adherence of food debris. The rougher the finished surface, the greater the possibility of bacterial accumulation and discolouration of restoration along the restorati...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to conduct a clinical evaluation of four restorative materials for restoration of dental wedge-shaped defect (WSD) and their impacts on periodontal tissues. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 280 maxillary premolars with dental WSD were selected from 106 patients; the patient cases were divided into eight groups according to different combinations of restorative materia...

Neutron activation analysis with dysprosium as a tracer was employed to determine quantitatively the microleakage around the restorations of an experimental hydrophobic composite, as well as a commercial composite. Only a negligible uptake of tracer was obtained for the experimental composite, whereas a five-fold uptake was recorded for the commercial composite. Capillary penetration of fluid a...

objectives : the aim of this study was to assess the effect of artificial accelerated aging (aaa) on color change of direct and indirect fiber-reinforced composite (frc) restorations. materials and methods: direct (z250) and indirect (gradia) composite resins were reinforced with glass (gf) and polyethylene fibers (pf) based on the manufacturers’ instructions. forty samples were fabricated and ...

Background & Aims: Crown restoration of teeth after root canal treatment protects their remaining structure against breakage and infection of the root canal, and will replace the missing structure. This study was performed to identify the prevalence of different types of crown restorations after root canal treatment of posterior teeth in Kerman, Iran, in 2013. <stro...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the depth of cure and Knoop hardness of indirect composite materials polymerized with different laboratory curing units. Five composite materials designed for fixed restoration veneer (Artglass, Ceramage, Epricord, Prossimo, and Solidex) were filled into a cylindrical mold and then light-exposed by using the respective proprietary laboratory curing unit...