Overview Overview Concept of occlusion for dental restoration and occlusal rehabilitation - an overview Dr. Yuh-Yuan Shiau Abstract Professor Emeritus, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan Restoring defects on teeth is a daily practice of a dental University practitioner. However, the proper restoration of the destructed National Taiwan University Hospital occlusal surfaces should not jeopardize the occlusal scheme that Department of Dentistry, #1, Chang-Teh Street, Taipei, Taiwan, 100 a patient already has. Therefore, the restored occlusal surfaces should be able to maintain the occlusal scheme that exsisted Corresponding author: before the treatment. However, if the overall dentition is to be Yuh-Yuan Shiau, DDS, MS, MFICD reconstructed due to loss of too many teeth, severe attrition or Professor emeritus, School of Dentistry, an improper jaw position, or the occlusal form of majority teeth National Taiwan University, Taiwan of one jaw or both jaws needing to be changed, then an ideal Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, occlusal form including point centric occlusion, canine guidance, No.1, Chang-Teh Street, Taipei, Taiwan, 100 posterior eccentric disclusion, etc. should be provided according E-mail:
[email protected] to the demands of the patient and esthetic and functional expectations of the dentist. Computer-aided techniques for the DOI: 10.6926/JPI.201907_8(3).0001 construction of occlusal surfaces may enhance the production of said occlusal forms, yet properly applying the concepts for either dental restoration or occlusal rehabilitation remain the key to success. Key words: dental restoration, occlusal rehabilitation, ideal occlusal form, computer-aided techniques Introduction The restoration of destructed teeth caused by dental caries or fractures of parts of the coronal dental structures is a common daily work of a dentist.