Posterior Full Coverage Crowns Flashcards
Reason for placing full coverage temporary crowns on compromised teeth?
Restore function and morphology
Restore and improve aesthetic
Preserve remaining tooth structure
Improve confidence = psychology
Why are endo tx teeth weak?
Loss structural integrity
- Prep of access cavity
- Loss of roof of pulp chamber
- Fragile due to loss dentine elasticity
What are reasons for cusp protection on posterior teeth?
For structural integrity
- Loss marginal ridge
- Substantial loss tooth structure
- Heavily restored teeth
What types of restorations are available for posterior teeth?
- Adhesive
- Cusp-coverage cast restoration - onlay, 3/4
- Full-coverage
7 points in assessment/ design considerations?
- Tooth in function
- Aesthetic considerations
- Adjacent/ opposing teeth
- Perio tissue
- Pulp, RCT, periodical tissue
- Retention of crown
- Material
What are ideal perio condition?
Optimal plaque control with perio attachment
Alveolar bone levels good
Stabilised perio disease - pocket depth reduction w/ no BOP
If crown placed periodontally compromised tooth may accelerate breakdown perio tissue
Reasons why pulp death may occur following crown prep?
- Aggressive insult to tooth
- Thermal damage
- Local anaesthesia - adrenaline reduce blood flow
- Desiccation - drying creates negative pressure
- Bacterial contamination - tubules large (older pt more sclerosed)
- Chemical damage - cements
- Osmotic pressure
How many teeth will become non-vital?
1-2 in 10 preps
10-20%
How to reduce chance of pulp death?
Good pre-op assessment inc. vitality
Shoulder prep of 1.2mm result remaining width of 0.7mm dentine in 50% (50% less 0.7mm) - problem if prominent pulp horns
What should consider when picking material?
Balance aesthetic and function
Ceramic: less aesthetic (less translucent) - need thicken stronger material
Adv and disadv of full gold crown?
Adv:
- conservative - minimal reduction
- gold is strong thin sections
- ideal bruxism pt
- can be adjusted intra-orally
Disadv:
- less aesthetic
What are different types of gold and their use?
Type I = soft - hard enough stand biting force - used one-surface onlay
Type II = medium - less burnish able but harder - multiple surface onlay
Type III = hard - most common used - metal crowns
Type IV = extra hard = RPDs , not fixed prosthetics
What is the composition of type III gold alloy>
75% gold 10% silver 10% copper 3% palladium 2% zinc
Survival rates of gold crowns?
97% at 9 years - 94.1% 540 years
Why are metal-ceramic crowns used?
Metal core - provide strength
More aesthetic - at cost of tooth tissue
Disadv: extensive buccal reduction, only metal component can be adjusted intra-orally