Restauracije mliječnih zuba cirkonijskim krunicama kod djece s ranim karijesom Primary Zirconia Crown Restorations for Children with Early Childhood Caries

Caries in very young children known as early childhood caries may be defined according to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry as “the presence of one or more decayed, missing (due to caries), or filled tooth surfaces in any primary tooth in a child 71 months of age or younger” (1,2). Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is a complex disease, which involves maxillary primary incisors within a month after eruption and spreads rapidly to involve the other primary teeth, thus causing serious socio behavioral and dental problem in infants and toddlers (3,4). Most frequent presentation of early childhood caries (ECC) includes severely decayed primary anterior teeth. In the past, the most expedient treatment was to extract the involved teeth because restoration of decayed primary teeth was a challenging job. Primary maxillary anterior teeth dominate the physical appearance, and their structural loss affects not only esthetics but also leads to compromised mastication, poor phonetics, development of aberrant habits, neuromuscular imbalance, and difficulty in social and psychological adjustment of the child (3). Clinical examination of this condition discloses a distinctive pattern, and the teeth most often involved are the maxUvod