Demolition Experts: Management of the Parafunctional Patient: 2. Restorative Management Strategies

From Volume 34, Issue 5, June 2007 | Pages 262-268

Authors

Neil Poyser

BDS, MFDS RCS

Specialist Registrar in Restorative Dentistry, GKT, King's Healthcare Trust, St. George's Hospital & Mayday University Hospital, London.

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Richard Porter

BDS, BSc, MFDS RCS

Specialist Registrar in Restorative Dentistry, St George's Hospital, GKT Dental Institute of King's College London

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Peter Briggs

BS(Hons), MSc, MRD RCS(Eng), FDS RCS(Eng)

Consultant, Restorative Department, GKT Dental Institute and St George's Hospital, London

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Martin Kelleher

MSc, FDSRCS, FDSRCPS, FCGDent

Specialist in Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics, Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, King's College Dental Hospital

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Abstract

The second part of this paper discusses strategies for providing restorative dental care for the parafunctional patient. These include direct composite resin restorations, cast metal resin-retained restorations and dentine-bonded crowns, design features for porcelain fused to metal crowns and denture design. Specific features can help enhance predictability in the hostile environment of increased occlusal loading and parafunction.

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