{"title":"A technique for making porcelain facings.","authors":"A F Critch","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>New improved refractory die materials are now being introduced onto the UK market which make it possible to construct porcelain facings and inlays directly onto refractory dies. From previous experience with several refractory die facing systems, it was decided that the Flexo-Ceram system should be used. This is because the porcelain is matched to the full Vita shade range and the materials are relatively easy to handle.</p>","PeriodicalId":77606,"journal":{"name":"Restorative dentistry","volume":"7 2","pages":"28-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12978464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Closure of median diastema--a conservative approach.","authors":"E K Chua, C Sim, K W Yuen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77606,"journal":{"name":"Restorative dentistry","volume":"7 2","pages":"32-3, 37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12978465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An unusual presentation of dental caries.","authors":"P D Cheshire","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A case report is described in which a young patient presented complaining of an uncemented \"cap\". Subsequent examination revealed the cap to be an intact enamel shell.</p>","PeriodicalId":77606,"journal":{"name":"Restorative dentistry","volume":"7 2","pages":"45-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12978469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An evaluation of three methods of polishing porcelain by comparison of surface topography with the original glaze.","authors":"A R Grieve, I W Jeffrey, S J Sharma","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The value of a procedure for polishing porcelain restorations that would avoid the necessity of glazing in a furnace following minor chairside adjustments is discussed. The efficacy of three polishing systems--a diamond paste, a pumice and water slurry followed by whiting, and a proprietary method--were tested in the laboratory using surface profile recording. The results showed that both the diamond paste and the pumice/whiting gave surface finishes similar to the original glazed surface. The smoothest surface was produced by the diamond paste. The proprietary porcelain finishing kit created the least smooth surface.</p>","PeriodicalId":77606,"journal":{"name":"Restorative dentistry","volume":"7 2","pages":"34-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12833538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A two part hinged partial denture design for lower Kennedy Class 4 cases.","authors":"A S Juszczyk, D R Radford","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is often difficult to provide patients who have lost lower anterior teeth with a retentive and aesthetic restoration, particularly if the molar and premolar teeth are lingually tilted. A two part hinged denture fully engaging all lingual undercuts for retention provides a useful extension to recognised partial denture design practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":77606,"journal":{"name":"Restorative dentistry","volume":"7 1","pages":"4-7, 20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13106656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selection and use of posterior composites in general dental practice.","authors":"M Wylie, C J Patterson, D R Stirrups","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated, by means of a directly mailed postal questionnaire to each of the general dental practitioners in a Scottish Health Board area, the use of posterior composites by general dental practitioners and the factors affecting their selection and introduction of these materials into their practices. Three non-restorative practitioners (two-Orthodontics, one-Oral Surgery) were excluded from the study giving a total of 156. Although a relatively small study, a 60 per cent response rate was increased to 70 per cent after telephone follow up. Of the 109 respondents, 30 per cent offered NHS (National Health Service) treatment exclusively and 70 per cent had mixed NHS/private practices. 77 per cent of the respondents claimed to use posterior composites but 7 per cent of those were using anterior composite materials for posterior restorations. 90 per cent of those claiming to use posterior composites placed fewer than five posterior composite restorations per week. In an area with a high proportion of exclusively private practices findings may have differed.</p>","PeriodicalId":77606,"journal":{"name":"Restorative dentistry","volume":"7 1","pages":"12-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13106653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The immediate replacement of incisor teeth using adhesive bridgework.","authors":"B H Mullally","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77606,"journal":{"name":"Restorative dentistry","volume":"7 1","pages":"16-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13106654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The current status of composite materials and adhesive systems. 6: Techniques for indirect placement.","authors":"J S Rees, P H Jacobsen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77606,"journal":{"name":"Restorative dentistry","volume":"7 1","pages":"21-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13106655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An investigation of the displacement of fixed bridges and their abutments under occlusal load in Monkeys (Macaca Fascicularis).","authors":"D C Picton, P R Likeman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous investigations have established the displacement characteristics of the teeth under axial load in monkeys (Macaca Fascicularis). The methods employed in these investigations have been used to study the displacements under occlusal load of both conventional fixed bridges and cantilever bridges, having different numbers of abutments. Under axial load there was a reduction in displacement when two teeth were splinted together to act as abutments to a fixed bridge compared with the displacements of the individual teeth. Loading on the pontics of the cantilever bridges showed the greatest displacements and caused tipping forces in the abutments. Recommendations that a cantilever bridge should replace only one unit and have not less than two abutments are supported.</p>","PeriodicalId":77606,"journal":{"name":"Restorative dentistry","volume":"7 1","pages":"8-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13106657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current status of composite material and adhesive systems. 5. Clinical techniques for direct placement.","authors":"J S Rees, P H Jacobsen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77606,"journal":{"name":"Restorative dentistry","volume":"6 4","pages":"4-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13232597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}