title: Retrospective survey of resin-retained cast-metal palatal veneers for the treatment of anterior palatal tooth wear.
abstract: Anterior palatal tooth wear is easily recognized, but its precise pathogenesis remains unknown. Treatment of this condition with cast-alloy palatal veneers used in combination with an adhesive cement is described. Forty-eight patients, aged 11 to 71, were treated with a total of 210 cast metal veneers over a period of 56 months. Twenty-three of the restorations failed, resulting in an overall success rate of 89%. All failures were confined to 13 patients. A glass polyalkenoate cement was less effective than a chemically active resin composite luting agent. Nickel-chromium veneers cemented with activated resin composite recorded a survival probability of 0.74 at 56 months. Adhesive cast-alloy veneers provided a useful method of restoring maxillary anterior teeth affected by acid erosion.
authors.affiliation: Newcastle Dental Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Nohl
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Harley
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Ibbetson
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002858:Chromium Alloys; D003481:Cuspid; D001840:Dental Bonding / Q000379:methods*; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D003801:Dental Veneers; D005260:Female; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; D006047:Gold Alloys; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla; D008875:Middle Aged; D010710:Phosphates; D019279:Resin Cements; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014077:Tooth Erosion / Q000534:rehabilitation*
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D002858:Chromium Alloys; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; D006047:Gold Alloys; D010710:Phosphates; D019279:Resin Cements; C045751:Aqua-cem; C052304:Panavia EX