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Reducing a lower molar for an onlay

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PATIENT

A 46-year-old has a large old filling and a cracked lingual cusp on the lower right first molar. The plan is a MOD onlay that covers every cusp.

FINDINGS
  • Tooth #30, the mandibular right first molar
  • Large old filling with a cracked lingual cusp
  • Neighbors #29 and #31 are sound
  • Plan: mesial and distal boxes with every cusp covered

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Cases › Management · M7
Reducing a lower molar for an onlay

Practice cases written from published sources. Not an exam or admissions result; your program and examiners decide.

PATIENT

A 46-year-old has a large old filling and a cracked lingual cusp on the lower right first molar. The plan is a MOD onlay that covers every cusp.

FINDINGS
  • Tooth #30, the mandibular right first molar
  • Large old filling with a cracked lingual cusp
  • Neighbors #29 and #31 are sound
  • Plan: mesial and distal boxes with every cusp covered
Reduce the cusps with a functional bevel, M7 step 2M7 step 2: Reduce the cusps with a functional bevel. Open this step in the lesson.

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M7: Molar onlay. Open the lesson step