Restorative dentistry is an important part of dentistry that concerns the decay affected dental tough tissues , especially the ones that form the dental crown.
Tooth decay generates substance loss in a tooth, that we can see and sense ourselves. Caries can be found only in the enamel (which would be a superficial decay) or also in the dentin.
The treatments of tooth decay include the removal of affected tissue with special drills and the restoration of the initial crown shape with materials similar with the tooth's shape and colour.
Also known as dental cavity or tooth decay, a dental carie can appear on any tooth that has erupted in our mouth. In order to understand dental lesions, we must…
When a simple decay is present, the infected tissue will be removed and the cavity will be filled with an aesthetic material- a modern light-curing composite. The colour of…
There are some particular cases where a small reshaping of the enamel solves so much. It is the case of anodontia (missing of a tooth by birth) where the adjacent teeth…
Non-decay lesions of the enamel 
Tooth loss can have other causes besides decay such as erosions, abrasions, tooth grinding. Tooth abrasion is a mechanical irreversible loss of enamel that appears due to friction against any abrasive…
This is natural tooth-to-tooth friction that happens when you clench or grind your teeth such as with bruxism, which often occurs involuntary during sleep. Attrition initially affects the enamel and…
Bruxism is a condition in which you grind, gnash or clench your teeth. If you have bruxism, you may unconsciously clench your teeth together during the day or grind…
Wedge-shaped defects are lesions caused by parafunctional force application. These dental hard tissue defects are characterized by marginal surface fractures, arch-shaped enamel tears and axial enamel rod fractures with formation…
Tooth erosion is a non-carious loss of the enamel caused by very acid and very sweet drinks or aliments ,fruit drinks (some acids in fruit drinks are more erosive than…
Hypersensitivity and hypersensibility
These two are very related to one another , both beeing connected by pain transmition through nerve terminations. The dental nerve, located inside the dental pul[ chamber, has very thin…
Fluoride is a carries preventive element that, by infiltrating the enamel, makes it more resistant to carries attack. Like any other element in nature, its absence or its excess are both toxic.
