title: Possibilities for restoration of severely destroyed dental crowns with inlays.
abstract: In everyday dentistry practice cases with diffuse destruction of masticatory teeth are common. In the study presented the possibilities of their restoration with metal or metal-ceramic inlays are reviewed. Twenty-one inlays were fabricated, 16 from metal and 5 from metal-ceramic. The quality of the fabricated obturations were assessed immediately after they were cemented and one year later. The results showed that this is a reliable method. During the studied period there were no changes in the inlays, the teeth tissues and marginal adaptation.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dentistry, Higher Institute of Medicine, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Dimitrova
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Ginev
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Stanev
mesh_terms: D001641:Bicuspid / Q000473:pathology*; D002516:Ceramics; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000628:therapy; D003817:Dentition; D005881:Gingiva / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007284:Inlays / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D008670:Metals; D008963:Molar / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D008670:Metals