Dental Restoration

Dental restoration, what is the purpose of this procedure? How much types is it devised? What are the materials used for restoration?

Teeth like all organs can be sick or damaged and need to be restored. Thus, dental restorations represent some ways used to facilitate teeth to refine their natural function. They are devised in direct and indirect restorations.

• Dental restorations

Including fillings, those are introduced into a prepared cavity especially for a material in question.

In this rank you have dental amalgam (silver fillings) that is placed immediately, during a single visit, plus resin ionomers, glass ionomers (while fillings).

• Indirect restorations

These are fillings prepared in a dental laboratory according to a doctor’s recommendation.

These include on-lays (Partial crown placed on the tooth) inlays (fillings that adopt into the space created after removal decay, veneers (material bonded used to improve the appearance of a tooth, bridges and dental crowns (dental appliance but stationary designed to replace a missing tooth.

• Types of dental restoration

Generally, restorations mean fillings, bridges, crowns, inlays, on-lay,dental implants, partial and complete dentures.

Depending on their extensiveness, the restoration can have different final purposes.

On-lay crowns, fillings, and inlays are fabricated to repair damaged part by decay or injury. Moreover, they have for purpose to restore the function and tooth’s shape.

Whereas, implants bridges, and dentures are designed to protect the function and shape of the mouth

•Prosthetic dentistry

It is prepared in the dental laboratory and replaced the lost teeth in order to keep the ability of mastication, speech and utterance, and the face character will not modify.

The restorations may be fixed or removable depending on case to treat.

• Fixed restoration

1. Fillings 2. Inlays 3. On-lays 4. Veneers 5. Bridges 6. Crowns

Some of them are fabricated by a dental technician, you dentist, in his turn, when he receives the restoration, tries to adopt it to its place and be sure of fitting and biting

• Removal Restoration

In the case of missing teeth, a partial denture may be recommended. Normally it is supported by other teeth which are in good healthy.

-Partial plastic.

-Partial metal denture.

In the case where there are no remains teeth in the mouth a full denture maybe used to keep shape and function of the mouth.

They are created of acrylic base which made to comfortable and intimately adjust to the gum tissue.

-Full plastic denture.

-Full metal denture.

• Combined restoration

This arrives when fixed and removal restorations are existed together where crowns will be placed onto remaining part of teeth and onto the removal part will be adopted with invisible metal clips.

Dental implant

There are different systems but the most commonly used with successful is the osseointegrated implant. Researches have shown that titanium could be successfully adapted into bone.

Thus, it is formed a structural and functional connection between the implant and the living bone.

It is important to notice that you need a sufficient amount of jaw bone to what dental procedure implant works.

Furthermore, bone must be good in quality to support and hold the implant. If not enough, other bone will be added by a procedure known as bone augmentation.

Why do you have to use CEREC restorative system?

Nowadays your dentist has several ways to restore a tooth which has been damaged or decayed, so CEREC restorative technique is one of them.

This technique allows to use strong tooth colored ceramic materials to repair teeth to their natural beauty, strength, and function.

You don’t need to be afraid of cracking when you drink cold substance or eat hot food.

This restoration and the tooth have the ability to contract and expand almost equal rates.

Normally, the materials are also chemically bonded to teeth what makes your teeth stronger while your dentist tries to save as a lot of good tooth substance as possible during the dental restoration.

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