Tooth wear: Use of overlays with metallic structures

This work is a clinical case report of a patient presenting with marked too th wear in all teeth, a reduction in the vertical dimension of occlusion, a nd fatigue in the muscles of mastication. The treatment proposed and effect ed used a muscle-relaxing appliance and mandibular and maxillar overlay app liances which were adjusted according to the occlusal contacts, vertical di mension of occlusion, and the mandibular positioning. The results obtained were satisfactory in terms of relaxing the muscles involved, reestablishing the dimensions of the lower third of the face, and the functional activiti es of deglutition, mastication, and speech.