Possibilities for restoration of severely destroyed dental crowns with inlays.

In everyday dentistry practice cases with diffuse destruction of masticatory teeth are common. In the study presented the possibilities of their restoration with metal or metal-ceramic inlays are reviewed. Twenty-one inlays were fabricated, 16 from metal and 5 from metal-ceramic. The quality of the fabricated obturations were assessed immediately after they were cemented and one year later. The results showed that this is a reliable method. During the studied period there were no changes in the inlays, the teeth tissues and marginal adaptation.