Metal & All-Ceramic preparations Flashcards
A metal-ceramic crown is also known as a:
PFM
A crown that has a metal core with porcelain baked onto the metal core:
PFM (metal-ceramic)
This type of crown takes the strength of metal & combines it with the tooth matching esthetic ability of porcelain:
PFM (metal-ceramic)
Indications for PFM include:
- when opposing tooth is:
- when a high level of ______ is needed
- When preparation is:
- ____ and other _____ fixed restorations
- porcelain or ceramic
- esthetics
- unusual
- bridges; long-span
Advantages of PFM crowns:
________ due to the porcelain baed on to the metal coping
natural appearance
Advantages of PFM crowns:
More ______ than all-ceramic crowns
resistant to fracture
Advantages of PFM crowns:
Greater ____ due to metal core than all ceramic crowns
strength
Advantages of PFM crowns:
_________- meaning it can have whole crown layered with porcelain, or it can have metal occlusal with porcelain faciing on buccal only
Design flexibility
In the case of PFM crown, metal added to the _____ adds strength
occlusal
Advantages of PFM crowns:
_____ to multiple types of _____
Adaptable; margin designs
What are the types of margin designs a PFM crown can adapt to?
- chamfer
- shoulder
- shoulder with bevel (not common)
To accomodate the requirements and benefits of using a PFM crown, the preparations need to be designed in particular ways including:
- to accomodate ______
- to provide _____
- to allow for _____
- to decrease ____ associated with PFM crown design
- metal and porcelain
- optimum strength
- optimum esthetics
- gingival problems
PFM porcelain components include:
- opaque porcelain
- body porcelain
- incisal porcelain
- shoulder porcelain
What is the minimal metal thickness in a PFM crown?
minimal thickness of 0.3-0.5 mm
In a PFM crown porcelain thickness contributes to:
Maximizing esthetics
In PFM crown the metal coping in veneered areas= _______, while the metal coping in the unveneered areas= _____
veneered= 0.3-0.5 mm
unveneered= 0.8-1.0 mm
In a pfm crown the opaque porcelain= ______ while the shoulder porcelain= _______ while the gingival, body & incisal porcelain = ______
opaque= 0.1-0.2
shoulder= 0.8
gingival/body/incisal= 0.8-2mm
In a PFM crown, what is the metal occlusal reduction?
In a PFM crown, what is the porcelain occlusal reduction?
1.5mm
2.0mm
In a metal-ceramic crown two-plane reduction allows for:
even thickness of material
In a PFM, what does the absence of two-plane reduction possibly result in?
Endangers the pulp
With thinner areas in a PFM this will decrease the _____ because it does not allow proper porcelain coverage
esthetics
In a PFM crown, what allows for porcelain esthetics to be carried into the contact regions for maximum esthetics?
Continuing shoulder margin into and through the interproximal areas before thinning to a chamfer
In a PFM ______ finish lines provide greater space for an esthetic thickness of metal and porcelain without having to over-contour the crown restoration
shoulder
In PFM crown, a proper shoulder margin with appropriate depth allows the crown margins to be contoured for:
Optimal gingival health & esthetics
Why is a shoulder with a rounded line angle preferred for PFM crowns?
- easier to prepare than a sharp 90 degree line angle
- if crown needs to be milled, a mill cannot create a 90 degree finish line angle
- less stress on the tooth with a rounded shoulder finsihs
What is the shoulder referred to in PFM crowns?
modified shoulder margin
(typical shoulder creates 90 degree angle and here we are more rounded)
Type of PFM crown margin design in which the porcelain is stopped with some metal showing at the margin:
metal collar
What is the advantages to doing metal collar PFM crown margin design?
ease of fabrication & precise fit (if margin cannot be large enough to accomodate both metal & porcelain)
In a PRM crown preparation if margin is deep subgingival ____ allows for less material and less likely an over-contoured crown which would create gingival problems
metal collar
With a metal collar PFM crown margin design, what is the design of the margin?
Heavy chamfer or shoulder (can use shoulder with bevel)
What is the margin depth when preparing a metal collar PFM crown margin design?
1.2 mm ideally but can accomodate smaller
A type of PFM crown margin design in which the metal is thinned to a fine line that is barely visible:
disappearing metal