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  2. Dental restoration - Wikipedia

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    Fillings are recommended for small to medium-sized restorations. Inlays and onlays are more expensive indirect restoration alternative to direct fillings. They are supposed to be more durable, but long-term studies did not always detect a significantly lower failure rate of ceramic [21] or composite [22] inlays compared to composite direct ...

  3. Inlays and onlays - Wikipedia

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    Ceramic inlays have better physical properties than traditional resin composite fillings for posterior teeth [8] Inlays may allow the dentist to achieve better contours, contact points, and occlusion than direct fillings because they are custom-made for the patient in a laboratory [ 9 ]

  4. Dental composite - Wikipedia

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    Use of composite fillings avoids this risk, unless the procedure also involves removing an existing amalgam filling. A review article found studies indicating that dental work involving mercury may be an occupational hazard with respect to reproductive processes, glioblastoma (brain cancer), renal function changes, allergies and ...

  5. Dental amalgam controversy - Wikipedia

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    Better dental health overall coupled with increased demand for more modern alternatives such as resin composite fillings (which match the tooth color), as well as public concern about the mercury content of dental amalgam, have resulted in a steady decline in dental amalgam use [82] in developed countries, though overall amalgam use continues ...

  6. Dental material - Wikipedia

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    Nano-ceramic particles embedded in a resin matrix are less brittle and therefore less likely to crack, or chip, than all-ceramic indirect fillings. They absorb the shock of chewing more like natural teeth, and more like resin or gold fillings, than do ceramic fillings; at the same time they are more resistant to wear than all-resin indirect ...

  7. Dental porcelain - Wikipedia

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    Dental porcelain (also known as dental ceramic) is a dental material used by dental technicians to create biocompatible lifelike dental restorations, such as crowns, bridges, and veneers. Evidence suggests they are an effective material as they are biocompatible , aesthetic , insoluble and have a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale .

  8. Dental compomer - Wikipedia

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    Towards the GIC end of the spectrum, there is increasing fluoride release and increasing acid-base content; towards the composite resin end of the spectrum, there is increasing light cure percentage and increased flexural strength. Dental compomers, also known as polyacid-modified resin composite, are used in dentistry as a filling material.

  9. Aesthetic anterior composite restoration - Wikipedia

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    Anterior teeth are some of the most scrutinized teeth, as the size, shape and color of the anterior upper teeth plays an important role in dental aesthetics and smile aesthetics. [1] A few aesthetic anterior problems, such as dental caries , tooth fracture , [ 2 ] enamel defects [ 3 ] and diastemas , can be solved with composite restorations.