Mutlu Ozcan
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Title: Repair versus Replacement High-end Solutions Always Necessary? Clinical Evidence
Biography
Biography: Mutlu Ozcan
Abstract
Despite the increased effort to improve the quality of restorative materials for dental applications, on occasion, failures are still being experienced either in the form of debonding, delamination or fractures under clinical conditions. Renewal of restorations is often accompanied by the associated loss of tooth tissue/restorative material. Although there is little published literature on the subject, repair of a restoration is more cost beneficial than total replacement where appropriate. Experience indicates that adhesive technologies could be utilized either at baseline or during failure management thereby survival rate of dental restorations could be prolonged without the necessity of high-end solutions. In this lecture, the criteria for decision making with regard to repair versus replacement will be discussed and step-by-step procedures will be explained for clinical repair of various materials and restorations.