Simple Repair of Back Teeth using Composite
Resin
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Fractured
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Repaired |
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Molar has two amalgam
restorations. The tooth
material between them
will subsequently break
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Cusp
of tooth broke, and one amalgam came out. Stain and some new
caries is visible in the cavity. |
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After
stain, caries, and amalgam were removed, composite resin restoration
was placed. Local anaesthetic was used to prevent pain during
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Tooth 1.4 has gold inlay, made many years ago, by another
dentist.
Tooth 1.5 fractured, allowing a similar gold inlay to come
out. Previous cement was removed. There was no caries.
Tooth was not sensitive.
I repaired it with composite resin. Tooth 1.6 has amalgam
restoration.
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1.4
1.5
1.6
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The direct bonding of composite resin to restore
these fractured teeth took 30 to 40 minutes, with very little
cutting of healthy tooth material. This may or may not give
a good long-term result.
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Other restorative methods are possible, with stronger materials,
but at higher cost and more time.
Alternatives:
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- Porcelain inlay, onlay, or crown
- Porcelain-on-metal crown
- Cad-Cam technology that shapes a block of tooth-coloured
material to become an inlay, onlay or crown
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Treatment
by Dr. Mel Perlmutter, 2003 |
