Abstract:
Introduction: The increasing concern in personal look and image also increased the demand for
aesthetic and even cosmetic restorative treatments, calling for the application of some new, complex
methods capable of meeting such requirements.
Objectives of the study: The study evaluated the distribution, on sexes, of the patients who required
aesthetic restorative treatments.
Materials and method: The investigations were performed on a number of 37 de patients, interested
in having an improved physiognomy of the frontal area through physiognomic obturations.
In the present study, the restorations made use of traditional techniques, involving no color and translucence control, as well as of modern layering methods for aesthetic restoration. In the group under
investigation, the importance of the aesthetic requirements was established versus the sex of the patient,
and the extent of application of the complex aesthetic restoration methods, out of the total number of
treatments with physiognomic materials. Finally, the extent of patients' satisfaction for the result obtained was also determined.
Results: It is evident that women (representing 76% of the whole number of patients under study) are
more concerned of the aesthetic quality of the obturations. Only 43% of all patients preferred complex obturation methods, even if they were told that higher aesthetic standards may be thus attained, their explanation
being the prolonged duration of the treatment and also the higher costs involved. 71% of the patients under
investigation considered that - aesthetically - the restoring treatment was highly satisfactory.
Conclusions: the aesthetic quality represents an essential condition for the success of the restoring
treatment of the frontal group, the modern multilayered techniques with composite resins representing
an optimum option in such cases.
