METHOD FOR AESTHETIC DENTAL RESTORATION Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61C13/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: teeth to be restored are imprinted in silicone for diagnostic purposes without teeth preparation. A gypsum model is casted whereon a desired configuration of the teeth to be restored is modelled in wax. The wax model is contoured in silicone. The dental surface is thoroughly cleaned, and an inner surface of the silicone pattern in coated with an isolate compound. The silicone pattern is filled with acrylic resin polymer and placed onto the teeth to be restored. After the resin hardens, the plastic restoration is left on the patient's teeth. A flowable light cured pattern of a suitable colour is used for the aesthetic correction of an appearance of the plastic restoration in the patient's oral cavity. The plastic restored model is contoured in silicone which is used to make definitive restorations according to a common technique.

EFFECT: by making fit restorations with using the direct techniques, the method enables assessing the restoration result before the teeth preparation, making and placing the definitive restoration, and improving the aesthetic results of the restoration.

4 cl, 6 dwg