The Cracked Tooth Syndrome (CTS) is both a transient and progressive condition. Diagnosis of CTS can be difficult, appropriate treatment is necessary to.

After an in-depth study of viscous elastomeric impression materials and their behavior, I invented the laminar impression technique (LIT) in the mid 1970s..

Provisional restorations are an important and desirable restoration in today’s practice. The advent of implant dentistry, total mouth cosmetic restorations, increased tooth life.

The class III restoration is nominally a “one-surface” restoration on the proximal contacting surface of the tooth. It is generally formed with composite.

Figure 1. Completed preparation after removal of all decay. Note the extent of the preparation, especially at the distal. Figure 2. Hybridized preparation.

An increasingly discernible trend occurring in dentistry is the movement away from metallic components in the restored dentition. The motivation for this trend.

Between 1988 and 1997, amalgam placement in the United States decreased by 32%, from 85%1 to 58% of all restorations.2 This trend would.

Direct posterior composites offer dentists the most simple and cost-effective manner in which to effect an aesthetic change in the posterior of the.

No, it doesn’t sound serious. It certainly won’t kill you. But if it’s you who has forsaken chewing on one side of your.

Some patients feel that spacing and misaligned teeth make them unique. They are quite content with what nature has given them. However, others.