hmmmm viva extra Flashcards
List different materials we can use for a crown
- Porcelain fused metal crown
- Zirconia crown
- Lithium dislocate crown
- Non previous metal crown
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a porcelain fused metal crown
Advantages:
- Good aesthetics
- Stronger than full ceramic
Disadvantages:
- Heavy tooth prep
- Wear to opposing tooth
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a zirconia crown
Advantages: Aesthetics
Disadvantages:
- Heavy tooth prep
- wear to opposing tooth
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a lithium dislocate crown
Advantages:
Best aesthetics
Disadvantages:
- Heavy tooth pre
- Wear to opposing teeth
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a lithium dislocate crown
advantages
What is the rile of saliva in oral health
- Airway maintenance
- Speech and lubrication
- Eating swallowing and mastication
- Control of bacteria and fungi
- Digestion
- proaction and repair of oral mucosa and dentition
List some of the beneficial properties of calcium hydroxide
- Antibacterial due to high alkaline pH
- Dissolved dentine substrate releasing tissue growth factors
- Stimulated odontoblasts to lay down new reparative dentine in tubules
- Stimulates stem cells int he pulp to create new odontoblast like cells to create dentine bridges across pulpal exposures
What can cause restorations to fail
- Non carious tooth surface loss
- Recurrent caries
- Failure due to technical reasons like poor band or material failure
- Occlusal forces causing fractures
- Trauma
What problems can NCTSL cause
- Poor aesthetics
- Impaired function
- loss of occlusal stability