PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY - 3rd Ed. (2005)

Has relatively low cost. It exhibits reducing micro-leakage with time (high copper amalgams can take up to 2 years for a margin ...

After placement and occlusal adjustment of the restorative material, the operator should place a layer of sealant on the finishe ...

New techniques and materials will always emerge in the market, but it is essential for the practitioner to be sceptical until re ...

455H Fig. 9.22 A deficient glass ionomer restoration seen after a year. 456H Fig. 9.23 The operator simply adds more glass ionom ...

462H Fig. 9.24 Mesial caries in a lower first molar. The lesion is not readily apparent. 463H Fig. 9.25 The lesion is opened. Th ...

466H Fig. 9.28 The operator has sealed the remainder of the fissure system. 9.10 EXTENSIVE/DEEP CARIES 9.10.0 Introduction Unfor ...

Whereas there may be different treatment options with regard to carious first permanent molars, the clinician should usually att ...

etching and sealing with a dentine-bonding agent has been tried but this resulted in increased non-vitality, so it is now contra ...

Pulpectomy Root canal therapy following pulpectomy has a poor success rate in young permanent molars. In a recent study only 36% ...

481H Fig. 9.31 Remove further caries from all areas except where the operator considers such removal will expose the pulp. 482H ...

483H Fig. 9.33 Cover the dressing with glass ionomer prior to preparation for a stainless steel crown. 484H Fig. 9.34 Where a pu ...

487H Fig. 9.37 Place a glass ionomer base over the calcium hydroxide. 488H Fig. 9.38 Restore with etched, bonded, composite resi ...

cause problems. Molar-incisor hypomineralization has been defined as 'hypomineralization of systemic origin of one to four perma ...

exclusion of spray from the other three un-anaesthetized molars, which probably will also be very sensitive. If the intention is ...

496H Fig. 9.41 Caries and further breakdown around an amalgam in a hypomineralised molar. 9.11.1 Preformed metal crowns (stainle ...

Remove any carious dentine and enamel. Replace tooth bulk with glass ionomer. Reduce the occlusion minimally. Reduce the mesial ...

503H Fig. 9.43 Stainless-steel crown preparation. Obtain mesial and distal reduction with a fine tapered diamond bur with minima ...

506H Fig. 9.46 A stainless-steel crown that was placed 1 year previously 9.11.2 Cast adhesive copings This type of restoration o ...

Temporization if much tooth tissue has been removed. The casting is constructed in the laboratory, and the fit surface is sand ...

oxide particles (27 or 50 um) are blasted against the teeth under a range of pressures (30-160 psi) with variable particle flow ...