Onlay #18
A Simple Cerec Inlay Seating Method Using Contacez Diamond Dental Strip
By Dr. Daniel S. Kim, DDS
ContacEZ Diamond Dental Strip is an innovative new precision dental device designed to use prior to final cementation to achieve proper proximal contact adjustment of indirect restorations. Use of ContacEZ Diamond Dental Strip restores Interproximal Relief by eliminating excessive pressure between the indirect restoration and the adjacent teeth, and complete marginal seating is achieved simply and easily!
Figure 1. Tooth #18 was prepared for MO inlay. The primer was applied in the preparation and light cured.
Figure 2. A piece of gingival retraction cord was prepared for the subgingival margin of the preparation.
Figure 3. The retraction cord was inserted into the sulcus of the mesial interproximal space of tooth #18 to expose the gingival margin of the preparation.
Figure 4. An inlay body was milled in the CEREC machine, and the sprue and its elevated surroundings were removed thoroughly.
Figure 5. The inlay body was placed in the preparation. It was found that the inlay was incompletely seated due to excessively heavy proximal contact. Note the opening of the gingival margin in the mesial proximal embrasure of tooth #18.
Figure 6. The inlay body was lifted slightly from the preparation.