Restorative Dentistry

Defective dental restorations: to repair or not to repair? part 2: all–ceramics and porcelain fused to metal systems

Ceramic restorations may fail in clinical service and, in common with all other types of restorations, should not normally be considered to be permanent. Next to secondary caries, as diagnosed...

Defective dental restorations: to repair or not to repair? part 1: direct composite restorations

The main reasons reported3,7 for the repair, rather than the replacement, of defective direct composite restorations include:.

A prospective study of the prevalence of periapical pathology in severely worn teeth

A convenience sample of all consecutive patients referred to the toothwear clinic at Cardiff University Dental Hospital between October 2008 and March 2009 was examined carefully for exposed dentine....