West China Journal of Stomatology ›› 2025, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2): 289-298.doi: 10.7518/hxkq.2025.2024307

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Digital aesthetic-driven flowable resin injection restoration

Li Yiling(), Zou Li, Chen Hongmei, Liu Jie, Zhang Lin, Zhang Ling, Xue Jing()   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Dept. of Cariology and Endodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Received:2024-08-20 Revised:2024-12-12 Online:2025-04-01 Published:2025-03-25
  • Contact: Xue Jing E-mail:842353435@qq.com;jing_xue_scu@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Exploration and Research Projects of West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University—Clinical Research Projects(LCYJ2023-YY-3)

Abstract:

Achieving precise restoration of tooth function and personalized restoration of natural tooth esthetics has always been a significant challenge in direct restorative dentistry. The traditional direct restorative techniques are limited by the subjective operations of dentists, resulting in high technical sensitivity, long operation time, and unpredictable restoration results, making it difficult to meet patients’ personalized demands for restoration outcomes. An innovative flowable resin injection technique was introduced in this study. By combining digital design with personalized restoration guides, this technique achieves precise and personalized tooth restoration, thus revolutionizing the traditio-nal paradigm of direct tooth restoration. Specifically, this technique is guided by the patient’s subjective aesthetic needs. It utilizes digital technology to pre-design the restoration result and creates a personalized restoration guide. During clinical operation, the dentist needs to only precisely inject the flowable resin into the guide, allowing for rapid completion of the restoration, thereby significantly reducing the operation time and improving the precision and predictability of the restoration. The perfect combination of digital design and flowable resin injection not only significantly improves the precision and predictability of direct tooth restoration but also remarkably shortens the clinical operation time and reduces the requirements for the dentist’s technical level, making it widely applicable to the restoration of various tooth defects. Thus, it improves patient satisfaction and reduces the workload of dentists. This innovative restoration technique is expected to become a new productive force in future clinical direct adhesive restorations.

Key words: digital design, flowable resin, injection technique, esthetic restoration, adhesive restoration

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