OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to compare the fracture load of veneered anterior zirconia crowns using normal and Weibull distribution of complete and censored data. METHODS Standardized zirconia frameworks for maxillary canines were milled using a CAD/CAM system and randomly divided into 3 groups (N=90, n=30 per group). They were veneered with three veneering ceramics, namely GC Initia...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of cement residues after cementation of CAD/CAM monolithic zirconia crowns on customized CAD/CAM titanium abutments. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty premolars and molars were restored on Astra Tech Osseospeed TX™ implants using single monolithic zirconia crowns fixed on two types of custom-made abutments: Atlantis™ titanium or Atlantis™ ...

Objectives. To evaluate microleakage and absolute marginal discrepancy (AMD) and to assess correlation between AMD and microleakage with four resin luting cements. Material and Methods. 20 extracted human third molars were prepared for full-coverage crowns. 20 zirconia copings were made (LAVA, 3M ESPE) and cemented. Specimens were randomly allocated for each used type of cement into 4 groups, R...

Aim: To evaluate the effect of 2% Chlorhexidine on antibacterial activity on Resin cement. Methods: A total of 100 patients of 29-56 years of age who required Fixed dental Prosthesis were selected for the study. 2 teeth were prepared in each patient for All Ceramic crowns. In every patient, the 2 teeth prepared were divided in to 2 groups: Control(no antimicrobial agent applied after etching of...

This article reports the cases of two young children aged 4 and 5 years, in whom biological restorations using tooth fragments were placed in primary molars with severely damaged crowns due to extensive carious lesions. After radiographic and clinical evaluation, tooth fragments obtained from extracted teeth in stock were autoclaved, adjusted to the prepared cavity and bonded to the remaining t...

There is limited dental literature evaluating the retentive capabilities of luting agents when used between metal components, such as cast metal restorations cemented onto machined metal implant abutments. This study compared the retentive strengths of 5 different classes of luting agents used to cement cast noble metal alloy crowns to 8-degree machined titanium cementable implant abutments fro...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The literature is limited on the detailed description of the practice of Irish general dentists in the provision of crowns. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY To review the provision of crowns by dentists in Ireland and identify opportunities for improving current clinical practices. MATERIALS AND METHODS A questionnaire was posted to 500 general dentists selected randomly from t...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to provide information regarding the marginal adaptation of composite resin onlays in primary teeth previously treated with 1% sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) (pulp irrigant) using two different resin luting agents. MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty extracted sound primary molars had their crowns prepared in a standardized machine and were randomly divided into 4 ...

No studies are available that evaluate the retention of disilicate crowns according to different cementation procedures. The purpose of this study was to measure the retention of lithium disilicate crowns cemented using two different cementation systems. Twenty extracted mandibular premolars were prepared. Anatomic crowns were waxed and hot pressed using lithium disilicate ceramic. Teeth were d...

OBJECTIVES This study evaluated the strength and fracture pattern of monolithic posterior CAD/CAM crowns hypothesizing that zinc-phosphate cemented lithium disilicate crowns might show the same fracture strength as adhesively cemented crowns. METHODS Two sets of monolithic posterior crowns each with uniform occlusal and lateral wall thickness of 1.5mm were fabricated from three types of block...