Failures of Restorations

Failure may be defined as the inability to meet the desired outcome. A restoration is considered a failure when it fails to perform its functions which it was inserted for, these functions include: stop caries and prevents its recurrence, withstand the forces of mastication and remain integral, restore occlusion and function of mastication, restores aesthetics, restores patient comfort and satisfaction. The criteria of success of a dental restoration include: restoration remains integral and in place, absence of recurrent caries, marginal accuracy and adaptation, perfect aesthetics. This book presents an overview that everything done from the time of cavity preparation, until the restoration is polished has a definite affect on the success and failure of a restoration.