STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The conservation of sound tooth structure helps preserve tooth vitality and reduce postoperative sensitivity. Innovative preparation designs, like those for porcelain laminate veneers, are much less invasive than conventional complete-coverage crown preparations. However, no study has quantified the amount of tooth structure removed during these preparations. PURPOSE The ...

Background: Metal ceramic restorations are highly popular and are used for most of the crown and bridge restorations made today. Aims: To evaluate the translucency and fracture strength of two all-ceramic and traditional metal ceramic crowns. Materials and Methods: Thirty crowns of similar size and shape were constructed to fit a standard brass die. Ten crowns were manufactured from each of the...

The development of high-strength ceramics and its use in posterior areas has been a field of constant investigation. The performance of all-ceramic molar crowns fabricated with new CAD/CAM techniques is a subject of interest. The studies available in literature focused on the analysis of all-ceramic restorations failures, investigating several parameters involved on the tooth structure. The goa...

Different studies available in literature regarding the analysis of all-ceramic restorations failures, investigated several parameters involved on the tooth structure restoration complex, in order to improve clinical performances. Some of the parameters, like the framework design, are technique-sensitive during the manufacturing of the restorations and can easily influence the failure rates and...

D6056 prefabricated abutment includes placement D6057 custom abutment includes placement D6058 abutment supported porcelain/ceramic crown D6059 abutment supported porcelain fused to metal crown (high noble metal) D6060 abutment supported porcelain fused to metal crown (predominantly base metal) D6061 abutment supported porcelain fused to metal crown (noble metal) D6062 abutment supported cast m...

The dental practice is not only about prevention and treatment of oral diseases but also the fulfillment of demands of all who seek oral care, of which esthetics weighs more importance than any. To achieve excellence in the delivery of dental care, dentists rely on the vast array of modern advances in dental materials and restoration fabrication technologies. Need for more esthetical, metal-fre...

The coefficient of thermal expansion of core and veneer porcelains for all ceramic crowns must be compatible to prevent formation of stresses during the firing cycles. The purpose of this study was to use a thermal shock test to evaluate the crazing resistance of six all-ceramic crown systems. The systems tested were: Vita In-Ceram, Vita Hi-Ceram, Dicor veneered with Vitadur N, magnesia core ve...

background and aim: metal ceramic restorations are widely used in crowns. the marginal fitness of these artificial crowns is prone to alteration during the firing cycle of porcelain. gold electroformed metal-ceramic restorations have been introduced as alternatives to conventional metal-ceramic restorations. however little is known about the relationship between procelain firing procedures and ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the relative contribution of variables in the crown-cement-tooth system that can influence magnitude of maximum principal stress in all-ceramic crowns. METHODS.: Factorial analysis was performed to calculate the coefficients of main and interactive effects of seven variables on maximum stress distribution in a series of finite elemen...