Wire-reinforced, light-cured glass ionomer-resin provisional restoration: a description of the technical procedure

A procedure to use round-wire and glass ionomer-resin cement to make practical provisional restorations is presented. The viability of the use of glass ionomer-resin cement and the need for embrasure perfection in provisional restorations is discussed. This procedure is suitable as a long-term provisional restoration where extensive coronal destruction has occurred. The inherent disadvantage of the procedure is the need to involve occlusal surfaces of the proximal teeth; thus its use is restricted to mouths in which the adjacent teeth are to receive simultaneous restorative treatment.