Remounting and Cementation

Abstract

When fabricating restorations, cumurative errors including dimensional changes of the materials, technical errors, and other factors, have undue effect upon the accuracy of the final prosthesis. In order to compensate or correct those errors it is effective to apply remount procedure prior to cementation of the restoration.
Remount procedure consists of the complex steps, however, is mandatory to eliminate unnecessary occlusal adjustment in the mouth, and thus is able to perform accurate organic occlusion. Further accomplishment of the excellent result of the final restoration is expected if cementation procedure is carefully achieved.
Although it is ideal if the prosthesis is cemented on the abutment exactly as the same as on the articulator, it is difficult to maintain remount accuracy in the mouth due to cement medium which prevents complete seating of the restoration. To overcome such cementing error, several factors concerning with seating of the casting such as tooth-preparation, impression, die-spacing, fit of the casting and so on, should be considered.
Articulated casts provide solid-body image for the human mouth, but the stomatognathic system is flexible and responds to the external and internal stimuli applied. Even when dealing with the articulated stone casts, it is suggested not to forget the biological mechanism of the stomatognathic system.