Patients with disabilities face significant challenges and can be difficult to treat. Often, treatment is carried out under general anesthesia over several sessions. Additionally, many of these patients take medications that affect the quality and quantity of saliva, leading to an increased incidence of oral diseases within this patient group. This includes caries and marginal periodontitis, but wear and erosion also occur more frequently in these patients.

Wear and erosion require comprehensive treatment of the dentition, which can be time-consuming and challenging. The development of various molding techniques allows for the treatment of wear and acid damage with direct composite in a safe and predictable manner. These techniques enable the treatment to be sequenced over multiple sessions, reducing the duration of each individual session.

In this presentation, two different molding techniques will be reviewed, and the differences, advantages, and disadvantages of both methods will be discussed. The presentation will focus on the clinical phases and the preliminary planning and will be richly illustrated with photos.