The safest and least traumatic means of removing a cemented restoration is to cut a slot and pry the crown or retainer loose, sacrificing the restoration. However, various techniques and instruments for intact removal of permanently cemented cast restorations have been described in the literature. This literature review explores conservative and semiconservative techniques that are useful for p...

Congenital or acquired, intraoral extraoral, traumas carcinomas are known to produce psychological imbalances in patients with the least expectations of returning their normal lives. Oral fifth most common all. The major goals rehabilitation such restore function, speech, swallowing, and aesthetics. However, there many limitations achieving these goals, an obturator prosthesis remains as first ...

Keeping skin graft or a flap adherent to the underlying surface can sometimes be a difficult job, particularly inside a cavity. Different methods have been used for this function with varying success but the search is still on for an ideal pressure dressing.

INTRODUCTION The aim of this follow-up study was to evaluate the number of contacts in centric occlusion during a 1-year retention period in patients treated with 2 retention procedures and in a control sample. METHODS Twenty patients received modified wraparound Hawley retainers, and 20 received maxillary Jensen plates with mandibular fixed retainers. These retention patients were compared w...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in incisor inclination following orthodontic treatment in Class II division 2 patients, and to assess the long-term stability after retention. Dental casts and cephalograms of 61 Class II division 2 patients (31 males and 30 females, mean age 13.4 years) with a closed lip seal were available before (T1), at the end of treatment (T2), and 3.5 yea...