title: An overview of treatment considerations for esthetic restorations: a review of the literature.
abstract: Controversy persists regarding the treatment planning criteria for esthetic restorations. This article reviews the literature regarding the biocompatibility, marginal adaptation, color matching, patient selection, technique sensitivity, and mode and rate of failure of tooth-colored restorations. A Medline search was completed for the period from 1986 to 2006, along with a manual search, to identify pertinent English peer-reviewed articles and textbooks. The key words used were amalgam, posterior composite resin, ceramic inlays/onlays, CEREC, porcelain laminate veneers, all-ceramic crowns, and all-ceramic fixed partial dentures.
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., USA. sadow333@aol.com <sadow333@aol.com>
authors.forename: Steven Judd
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Sadowsky
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D002516:Ceramics / Q000737:chemistry; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D003723:Dental Amalgam / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity; D003776:Dental Porcelain / Q000737:chemistry; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000379:methods*; D003801:Dental Veneers; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D011140:Polyurethanes / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; C029012:Composite Dental Resin; D003188:Composite Resins; D003764:Dental Materials; D011140:Polyurethanes; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D003723:Dental Amalgam