1.Aesthetic Rehabilitation with Nano- Ceramic Composite Material - Case Reports
Noor Hayati Azami ; Nora Sakina Mohd Noor ; Wei Pin Ngan ; Jovian Tze Yu Then ; Yeong Chee Teoh
Annals of Dentistry 2018;25(2):53-57
Aesthetic or cosmetic dentistry is one of the main areas of dental practice. Increasing demands of patients for
aesthetics has resulted in the development of several techniques for restoring the anterior teeth. Composite
resin restorations have become an integral part of contemporary restorative dentistry and can be called “star
of minimal invasion” due to its conservative concepts. The direct composite veneering allows restoring the
tooth in a natural way and preservation of sound tooth structure when compared to indirect restorations.
Before placement of direct composite veneers, a proper diagnosis, available treatment options, cost of
treatment, patient’s expectations and duration of treatment should be taken into consideration. This article
presents three case reports of aesthetic rehabilitation of anterior teeth using direct composite with
satisfactory outcome that mimic the natural dentition.
2.The Trends of Endodontic and Prosthodontic Treatment by Postgraduate Students in University of Malaya
Aimi Amalina Ahmad ; Poornima Sawri Rajan ; Prema Sukumaran ; Mariam Abdullah ; Nora Sakina Mohd Noor ; Asfand Ali Khan
Annals of Dentistry 2021;28(1):34-39
This study is aimed to provide an insight into the types of treatment carried out by postgraduate students in the past 10 years. A retrospective study was carried out between November 2019 and February 2020 by deriving data from postgraduate students’ clinical logbooks of three different cohorts of Master of Clinical Dentistry (Restorative Dentistry in Conservative Dentistry) in 2010, 2013 and 2016. This retrospective data was systematically extracted from the records and tabulated categorically using an Excel spreadsheet (Microsoft Office Excel 2019). A descriptive analysis was carried out to further evaluate the results. Overall, the types of treatment carried out in the field of endodontics and fixed prosthodontics has changed in the past 10 years. An increasing trend is seen in the placement of all ceramic crowns and primary root canal treatment procedures, while a decreasing pattern is evident for secondary root canal procedures and placement of dental bridges.