Staged Reconstruction for a Severely Worn Dentition.
When patients are constrained financially to receive dental work, a staged approach can be an effective way for enabling treatment to proceed. In this case, a patient who had been in the practice for about 10 years and had a severely worn and eroded dentition finally opted to receive treatment in stages. A systematic approach was used to determine the proper postoperative position of the teeth. The subsequent treatment plan included the use of porcelain onlays and full-coverage crowns in the mandibular posterior along with provisional direct composite restorations in the maxillary dentition; the composites would be transitioned to porcelain crowns as the patient's finances would allow.
Mentor, Kois Center, Seattle, Washington; Private Practice, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
Christopher
C
Wilson
D003442:Crowns; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D003794:Dental Restoration, Temporary / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007284:Inlays / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057085:Tooth Wear / Q000601:surgery*
D003776:Dental Porcelain