UNLABELLED Prosthetic-restorative approach for the restoration of tooth wear. Case report OBJECTIVE This article presents a case report of combined prosthetic-adhesive rehabilitation in a patient with a generalized tooth wear. METHODS A combined treatment adhesive - prosthetic was proposed to a male patient of 65 years old having a clinically significant tooth wear, with dentine exposure an...

One of the goals of dentistry is to develop new approaches in restorative dentistry that will reduce the amount of tooth removal during treatment. With advances in material science and restorative techniques, we are able to attain these ideals and recreate nature with minimal removal of tooth structure. The latest developments in minimally invasive dentistry (MID) and its impact on esthetic res...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare tooth surface characteristics in extracted human molars after cervical enamel projections (CEPs) were removed with the use of three rotating instruments. METHODS We classified 60 extracted molars due to periodontal lesion with CEPs into grade I, II, or III, according to the Masters and Hoskins' criteria. Each group contained 20 specime...

Regressive changes are a group of retrogressive changes of teeth which occur due to nonbacterial causes resulting in wear and tear of tooth structures with impairment of function. Studies1-12 on the mechanism of stress concentration in cervical areas concluded that occlusal loading forces result in tooth flexures which lead to mechanical microfractures and loss of tooth structure in the cervica...

Automatic tooth detection of intraoral radiographs shows progressively importance in massive forensic verification. Since intraoral radiographs acquired from small oral cavity reveal great variation of intensity and distortion of structure morphology, automatic tooth detection poses a huge challenge. Enhancement methods may not effectively augment informative grayscale gradient. We proposed an ...