Macchi R L
Int Dent J. 1988 Jun;38(2):87-90.
An analysis of the role of restorative dentistry within oral health care shows that it has broadened its scope over its long history. It started with the replacement of lost teeth and, later, lesions and structural defects of tooth tissue were treated. Progress has been achieved through the development of new materials and procedures, specifically those that ensure microscopic and/or chemical adhesion and those that allow for the removal of infection tissue and its restoration, while protecting the remaining healthy structure of the tooth. Teeth can also be protected even before the initiation of an infected lesion by sealing morphologic features such as pits and fissures. All of these procedures are components of modern restorative dentistry which now contributes to the disappearance of the totally edentulous patient. Dentistry has the responsibility of helping in the generation of sufficient social and economic resource to make this modern restorative dentistry available to the community as a whole.
对口腔保健中修复牙科的作用进行分析表明，在其漫长的历史中，它的范围已经扩大。它始于缺失牙的修复，后来开始治疗牙齿组织的病变和结构缺陷。通过开发新材料和新程序取得了进展，特别是那些确保微观和/或化学黏附的材料和程序，以及那些能够去除感染组织并进行修复，同时保护牙齿其余健康结构的材料和程序。甚至在感染病变开始之前，通过封闭诸如窝沟等形态特征，牙齿也可以得到保护。所有这些程序都是现代修复牙科的组成部分，如今这有助于完全无牙患者的消失。牙科有责任帮助创造足够的社会和经济资源，使整个社区都能获得这种现代修复牙科。
