merization of dental composite materials during lightcuring is a leading cause of adhesive restoration failure, resulting in postoperative sensitivity, marginal staining, and recurrent caries.1 This polymerization contraction shrinkage creates stresses as high as 13 MPa between the composite material and tooth interface2 (1 MPa = 145 psi). This stress can exceed the tensile strength of the enam...

Esthetic treatment of a single darkened tooth represents a great challenge to the dental practitioner. The properties of dental ceramic-colour stability, mechanical strength, clinical longevity, esthetic appearance and compatibility with periodontal tissues-make this material a good choice for such treatment. We present a case of restoration of a single, highly darkened anterior tooth with a fe...

DIFFERENT INDIRECT RESTORATIONS TO REPLACE A SINGLE MISSING TOOTH IN THE POSTERIOR REGION ARE AVAILABLE IN DENTISTRY: traditional full-coverage fixed dental prostheses (FDPs), implant-supported crowns (ISC), and inlay-retained FDPs (IRFDP). Resin bonded FDPs represent a minimally invasive procedure; preexisting fillings can minimize tooth structure removal and give retention to the IRFDP, trans...

Identifying the functional and mechanical limitations of single tooth implant systems is essential for the long-term success of the restoration. Three designs with different prosthetic connections were evaluated with their corresponding single tooth abutments for structural integrity and cyclic fatigue. The internal implant octagon was the weakest connection under off-axis impact loading and la...

The hypocycloidal flanks of the cylindrical gear teeth have the flank lines defined by lengthened or shortened hypocycloid and the profile involute. The curved and bulged flanks have some advantages, among them being the increased strength in bending and controlled positioning of the contact imprint. The tooth flank generation has on the basis the application of the technological process of mil...

The purpose of this in vitro study was to determine the effect of bleaching on shear bond strength of orthodontic brackets. This randomized control trial was performed over a period of 6 months in the department of orthodontics, de,Montmorency College of Dentistry, Lahore. A total of one hundred and forty extracted premolar teeth were included which were further divided into two groups. Group A...

Endodontically treated teeth with excessive loss of tooth structure would require to be restored with post and core to enhance the strength and durability of the tooth and to achieve retention for the restoration. The non-metallic posts have a superior aesthetic quality. Various core build-up materials can be used to build-up cores on the posts placed in endodontically treated teeth. These mate...

The aim of this general article is to present an overview of the current knowledge about composition and structural changes and also about specific biomechanical alterations related to vitality loss or endodontic therapy. For a long time, these issues have been controversially approached from a clinical standpoint and are therefore still confusing for many practitioners. Vitality loss or endodo...

Article history: Received 18 February 2013 Received in revised form 19 September 2013 Accepted 22 September 2013 Available online 24 October 2013 A method for predicting and analyzing the tooth contact pattern, vibration, and strength of a generated hypoid gear is needed to achieve a low-noise design and adequate quality control. However, it is not easy to analyze the performance of a generated...

INTRODUCTION Materials used to fabricate provisional restorations can be classified as acrylics or resin composites. Provisional crows can be either prefabricated or custom made. ACRYLICS These materials have been used to fabricate provisional restorations since the 1930s and usually available as powder and liquid. They are the most commonly used materials today for both single-unit and multi...