The patient had an old broken resin filling in the upper left second premolar. After removing the old filling, the tooth was properly prepared to receive an all-ceramic inlay. The reason it was decided to place an inlay rather than a filling was that the tooth gap was large and a new filling would end up breaking again. The tooth was denervated (because the caries reached the level of the nerve of the tooth), ground and an impression was taken, which is sent to the dental technician to make the inlay.
Original clinical image with the old broken seal
The tooth ground ready to accept the inlay
Final clinical image with inset
Final clinical image with inset
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Dr. med. dent. Mariza Dimitrouli
Dr. med. dent. Mariza Dimitrouli is a specialist at the University of Hannover, Germany (MHI) and also holds a PhD from the same university. She also worked in a dental clinic in Berlin. The title of Endodontist held by Dr. M. Dimitrouli is renewed every six years by the German Endodontics Society. She has a private practice in Thessaloniki, Thermi.