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Restoration of posterior teeth is always a sensitive topic as clinical success depends on a series of physical variables. The innovative material presented here is for use in the bulk filling technique and enables rapid treatment of such cases. The authors were confronted with two aging restorations with leaky margins and fractures which were then replaced with composite. At the 30 day recall appointment the restorations were seen to have blended in harmoniously with their oral surroundings. Neither fractures nor early abrasion were visible and the high-lustre of the restorations remained the same as immediately after final polishing. Tetric NCeram Bulk Fill proved to be an excellent alternative for posterior restorations.

Satisfactory value creation in the laboratory routine depends on many factors. Apart from a well-structured CAD/CAM process chain, there are materials and procedures which also allow effective, efficient working. Functional and aesthetic long-term stable anterior and posterior restorations can be generated using translucent, preshaded zirconia which is designed fully anatomically, as a coping or framework. This is economically beneficial for the patient, dentist and laboratory, as this case makes clear.

Today, direct composites in posterior teeth are a part of the standard therapy spectrum in modern conservative-restorative dentistry. The performance of this method of treatment, even in the masticatory load-bearing posterior region, has now been conclusively proven in many clinical studies. This procedure is usually carried out in an elaborate layer technique. This time-consuming procedure requires an economically sensible fee, corresponding to the effort involved. Aside from the possibilities that highly aesthetic composites offer in the application of polychromatic multiple-layer techniques, there is also a great market demand for the most simple and quick and therefore economical to prepare composite-based materials for posterior teeth.

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The prosthetic rehabilitation of full arches with implants requires exact recording of the maxillo-mandibular relationship and bite registration as well as an optimal shape of implant abutments. In this report, we describe the application of a simple method that uses customized implant abutments casted with a non-gold alloy as well as the duplicate of an interem full denture as a mounting guide for the accurate recording of the maxillomandibular relationship and bite registration. This method is independent of the implant system used, and reduces chair time.

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For the author, the true challenge in dental technology involves imitating nature perfectly and creating oral harmony. An understanding of the interaction between contouring, functioning and surface morphology as well as the influence of light is essential for creating restorations with pleasant aesthetics. He uses various examples to describe how the understanding of beauty has changed and how multi-faceted the challenge of interaction between the initial status and patients' expectations, as well as those of the dentist, is. This is especially true where anterior restorations are involved.

The use of VITABLOCS Mark II offers diverse advantages for the laboratory. Thanks to the comprehensive range of shades and the choice between monochromatic and polychromatic fine-structure feldspar ceramic blocks, there is a solution available for each individual patient case. A particularly economically efficient procedure is to use the polychromatic blocks without additional individualisation. In the case described here, the monochromatic veneers were individualised with the veneering ceramic VITA VM 9 in order to achieve an overall harmonious shade result in combination with the veneered zirconium dioxide frameworks.

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