Trends in Indirect Dentistry: 4. Performance of Adhesive Restorations

From Volume 32, Issue 6, July 2005 | Pages 312-325

Authors

F J Trevor Burke

DDS, MSc, MDS, MGDS, FDS(RCS Edin), FDS RCS(Eng), FFGDP(UK), FADM

Professor of Primary Dental Care, University of Birmingham School of Dentistry, St Chad's Queensway, Birmingham B4 6NN, UK

Articles by F J Trevor Burke

Abstract

Restorations which may be bonded to tooth substance hold advantages over traditionally-luted restorations, including reduced requirement for resistance and retention form. There is evidence that adhesive techniques are becoming increasingly used, but is their performance as good as more traditional restorations? This paper reviews the success rates of adhesively-luted indirect restorations, concluding that these require less tooth reduction than non-adhesive restorations, although performance in terms of debond/loss of restoration may not always be as good as in traditional techniques.

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