A conservative, aesthetic, restorative treatment of a worn dentition.
Advances in adhesive technology and in materials science have combined to provide the dentist with techniques which increased the ability to achieve the ultimate restorative objective: The restoration of diseased or missing tooth structure, including its appearance, without the additional removal of healthy tooth structure. The learning objective of this article is to illustrate, using a case report, how far restorative dentistry, redefined as aesthetic, adhesive, restorative dentistry, has taken us in this endeavor.
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D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000379:methods; D003801:Dental Veneers; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007284:Inlays; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D014072:Tooth Abrasion / Q000628:therapy*; D014716:Vertical Dimension