Operative Dentistry Flashcards
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The area of prosthodontics focused on permanently attached (fixed) dental prostheses. Such dental restorations are also referred to as indirect restorations
what are some types of indirect restorations?
Veneers
Inlays and Onlays
Crowns
Post and cores
Bridgework
what are diff types of special investigation?
- sensibility testing
- radiographs
- study models
- facebow
- diagnostic wax-up
what is purpose of a facebow?
to find relationship between maxilla and angles of the mandibular condyles
what are some additional info you could find out during tx planning?
Diet diary
Plaque and gingivitis indices
Full mouth periodontal chart
Clinical photographs
Microbiology, biopsy, haematology
what are stages of treatment planning?
- immediate
- initial
- re-evaluation
- reconstructive
- maintenance
what do you do during immediate stage for treatment?
- relief of acute symptoms
- consider endo and extractions
- consider immediate denture/bridge
what do you do during initial stage of treatment?
disease control
- extraction of hopeless teeth
- OHI and diet advice
- HPT
- Management of carious lesions and defective restorations with direct or provisional restorations
- endo
- denture design, wax up for fixed prosthodontics
what do you do during re-evaluation part of treatment?
- re-assessment of perio status, confirm denture/bridge design
what do you do during reconstructive part of treatment?
- perio surgery
- fixed and removable prosthodontics
why place veneers?
Improve aesthetics
Change teeth shape and/or contour
Correct peg-shaped laterals
Reduce or close proximal spaces and diastemas
Align labial surfaces of instanding teeth
what do you do during maintenance part of treatment?
- supportive perio care and review of restorations
what is a diastema?
a gap between your teeth?
what is gurel minimal prep technique?
Wax up
Stent
Intra-oral mock up
Preparation into mock up (can use depth cut burs
when not to use veneers?
Poor OH
High caries rate
Interproximal caries and/or unsound restorations
Gingival recession
Root exposure
High lip lines
If extensive prep needed (>50% of surface area no longer in enamel)
* Consider alternatives – PJC, DBCs MCCs
Labially positioned, severely rotated and overlapping teeth
Extensive TSL/insufficient bonding area
Heavy occlusal contacts
Severe discolouration
when is extensive prep needed so veneers can’t be used?
> 50% of surface area no longer in enamel
why restore teeth with inlays/onlays?
Tooth wear cases
* Increase OVD
Fractured cusps
Restoration of root treated teeth
Onlays provide cuspal coverage
Replace failed direct restorations
Minor bridge retainers (not recommended)
why not use inlays/onlays?
Active caries and periodontal diseases
Time
* Tooth preparation and laboratory fabrication required
Cost
Why restore teeth with crown?
To protect weakened tooth structure
To improve or restore aesthetics
For use as a retainer for fixed bridgework
When indicated by the design of a RPD
* Rest seats
* Clasps
* Guide planes
To restore tooth function
* e.g. restore in OVD
Why not restore with crowns?
Active caries and periodontal disease
More conservation options available
Lack of tooth tissue for preparation
Unable to provide post and core
Unfavourable occlusion
what are the principles of crown prep?
o 1) Preservation of tooth structure
o 2) Retention and resistance
o 3) Structural durability
o 4) Marginal integrity
o 5) Preservation of the periodontium
o 6) Aesthetic considerations
Whenever possible preserve sound tooth structure to avoid?
- Weakening the tooth structure unnecessarily
- Damage to the pulp
what does under preparation of crown prep result in?
- Poor aesthetics
- Over built crown with periodontal and occlusal consequences
- Restorations with insufficient thickness
what does over prep of crown prep result in?
Pulp and tooth strength being compromised