title: Building custom shells for conservative tooth reconstruction: an elegant strategy.
abstract: This article, focused around case presentations, follows the natural progression/exploration of a single idea about dealing with the Class II (approximal lesion) composite restoration. The gradual development of this idea and the integration of a concept from one case to the next may have certain educational value. Hopefully it will show the potential for further experimentation and inspire a fresh mentality in using and handling the main line of conservative restorative materials today, ie, resin composites.
authors.affiliation: ch.papacharalambous@cytanet.com.cy
authors.forename: Charalambos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Papacharalambous
mesh_terms: D001641:Bicuspid; D003116:Color; D003188:Composite Resins; D019245:Compressive Strength; D003737:Dental Cavity Preparation / Q000379:methods*; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D004548:Elasticity; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008434:Matrix Bands; D008963:Molar; D044367:Phase Transition; D018583:Pliability; D013594:Syringes; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D003188:Composite Resins