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[Digital full-mouth fixed occlusal reconstruction (partⅠ): the "5-19N" clinical technical solution for dentulous
Haiyang Yu1, Jiacheng Wu1, Yusen Shui1
1State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Dept. of Prosthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Abstract:
Occlusal rehabilitation is an effective means of treating tooth wear, edentulous jaws and other oral diseases. Among them, full-mouth fixed occlusal reconstruction can effectively restore aesthetics and function, but the complexity of the clinical process, the high sensitivity of the technique, and the high incidence of various complications have always drawn much attention. With the application and development of digital technology in occlusal rehabilitation, the treatment outcome has been improved compared with traditional treatment. However, there are many kinds of digital technology with different efficacy, how to build an efficiently standardized digital clinical technical solution is a current difficulty. Therefore, combined with the long-term work of the department of prosthodontics in our hospital, in this paper, the minimum (occlusal perception of thickness) and maximum (centric relation) geometric quantities which should be paid attention to during reconstruction are put forward. We systematically organized the clinical procedure of digital full-mouth fixed occlusal rehabilitation used in our department for a long time. In conclusion, a 5-stage 19-step or n-step solution (5-19N for short) characterized by "from large to small" restorative space splitting logic is proposed. It has a certain reference value for the future use of digital technology to deal with complex occlusal rehabilitation cases.
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