Indications of dental materials
Consideration
• Caries -Size - Location
• Regional circumstances
• Intermaxillary relations Bite forces
• Patient -General health -Cooperation
Choice of the material
Classification acc. Mount and Hume
I. Class
• 11 composit, amalgam
• 12 composit, amalgam
• 13 metal or adhesive inlay
• 14 Matel or adhesive onlay or amalgam with
cusp replacement
Amalgam + + - -
+
Inlay metal - - + +
Composit + +- - Adhesive
inlay - + + +
Classification acc. Mount and Hume
Posterior teeth
• 21 – composit, amalgam
• 22 – composit, amalgam, adhesive inlay, metal
inlay
• 23 – amalgam, adhesive or metal inlay
• 24 – metal or adhesive inlay
Amalgam + + + - Inlay
metal + + + +
Composit - + - - Adhesive
inlay + - ? - +
Classification acc. Mount and Hume
anterior teeth
• 21,22,23 – composit
GIC – patients with worse cooperation (disabled,
oral hygiene)
24 composit (loss of incisal edge)
Composit + + - + - +
GIC - - - + - +
Veneer - - (+) - - - Crown
- - + + + +
Amalgam - - -
GIC
(+) + +
Composit + + +
Golden filling
(cohesive gold) + + +