Early childhood caries is now affecting the children in dangerous proportions. There is a widespread loss of the tooth material irrespective of the type of the carious lesion. Restoration of such lesions with a strong permanent bond between the dental tissues and the restorative dental materials would be a highly desirable requisite of any restorative material. Ultramorphological characterizati...

The economic and educational affluence of recent years has produced a heightened public awareness of the correlation between personal health and general well-being. Coincidently the development of the ideal concept of individual right to comprehensive professional health services is beginning t o put stress on systems for delivering health care. The preventive measures from public health have n...

It has been recommended that the prescription of dental radiographic examinations be based on a series of selection criteria. This study evaluated the usefulness of the presence of a large or deep restoration as an indicator for the need for a radiographic examination. Patients in need of routine examinations were questioned regarding pain in restored teeth. The radiographs of 2269 restored tee...

This paper aims to describe an intraoral scanning protocol for indirect restorations utilizing dental dam isolation. technique consists of the initial scan both arches and their occlusion. Then, after necessary preparation is performed under isolation with a dam, preparations performed, maintaining in place. The proposed shortens operative time minimizing clinical factors that can affect accura...

The aim of the study is to assess the prevalence of dental caries among people in chennai. A descriptive cross-sectional study was planned to assess the status and prevalence of dental caries. A total of 200 patients will be examined, among age group between 20-50 years .Hence, the present study is undertaken to assess the dental caries prevalence among the chennai populations. There is a need ...

Introduction: In restorative dentistry, selecting the proper material is an important factor for clinical success. The objective of this study was clinical evaluation of survival time of three tooth color materials in primary anterior teeth. Methods: In this interventional clinical trial study, 94 deciduous anterior teeth (36 teeth in boys, 58 teeth in girls) belonging to 3-5 year old children ...

Introduction: Surface roughness can increase the retention of castings by ridges and grooves that are microretentive. This study compared the retention of implant-supported crowns when used with 3 different surface roughness abutments and one temporary cement. Methods: Thirty solid abutments (ITI), 4 mm high, were divided into three groups randomly. In the first group, 10 abutments were roughen...

Aligning a displaced maxillary canine into the dental arch is one of the most complicated problems in orthodontics. In cases of extremely high displacement, the tooth is frequently removed surgically. Because of the upper canines' significance to dental esthetics and functional occlusion, such a decision is a very serious one. The purpose of this report is to illustrate an interdisciplinary app...

For dental porcelain, precise shade matching of tooth coloured restoration with the adjacent dentition is deemed necessary. However the colour instability in porcelain restoration is a common problem now a day’s particularly when they exposed to routinely consumable beverages which sever its nature of being tooth coloured. Therefore in this concern the authors has tried to emphasize the histori...