The Incidence of Prosthetic Materials on Wear Mechanism of Antagonist Dentition : A Review

800x600 Wear is a process that includes both natural teeth and restoration materials. Wear mechanism remains unclear and conflicting results are still found. It is normally a slow multifactorial process. Various influencing factors have been cited through the literature. This paper presents an overview of the prosthetic materials commonly used and their implication in the wear process of antagonist teeth or prostheses. A search was conducted on PubMed and Elsevier using the following key-words: wear, wear resistance, abrasiveness, prostheses wear, prostheses resistance, restorations wear, prostheses material, abrasion etiology and abrasion physiopathology. Patient and material–related factors were reported. Comparison of the protocols remains difficult due to the differences in the methodology. 800x600 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:Table Normal; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Times New Roman,serif;} Resume L’abrasion est un processus qui inclut les dents naturelles ainsi que les restaurations prothetiques. Ce mecanisme n’est pas bien defini et des resultats contradictoires sont encore rapportes. Il s’agit habituellement d’un processus multifactoriel lent. L’influence de divers facteurs a ete citee dans la litterature. Une recherche par « PubMed » et « Elsevier » a ete realisee. De nombreux facteurs, relies au patient ainsi qu’aux materiaux de restaurations, ont ete identifies. Ce papier est une revue de la litterature traitant les differents materiaux de restaurations prothetiques et leur impact sur l’abrasion des dents ou des protheses antagonistes. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:Table Normal; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Times New Roman,serif;}