Tooth wear: use of overlays with metallic structures

This work is a clinical case report of a patient presenting with marked tooth wear in all teeth, a reduction in the vertical dimension of occlusion, and fatigue in the muscles of mastication. The treatment proposed and effected used a muscle-relaxing appliance and mandibular and maxillary overlay appliances which were adjusted according to the occlusal contacts, vertical dimension of occlusion, and the mandibular positioning. The results obtained were satisfactory in terms of relaxing the muscles involved, reestablishing the dimensions of the lower third of the face, and the functional activities of deglutition, mastication, and speech.