Restoration of extensively damaged vital teeth Flashcards
-Central Core Guidelines
what should be preserved?
how deep should retentive features be (cervical line/central fossa)?
where are auxillary features?
caries removal?
Pulp and 1 mm thick surrounding layer of dentin should be preserved if possible
Retentive features should not be cut deeper than 1.5mm at cervical line or central fossa (2mm)
Auxiliary retentive features ideally kept in “safe zone”
Caries removal: deeper areas filled with base
pulp chamber with age
shrinks as we edge, less so at canine
5 Categories involved in decision making for restoring the damaged tooth
type of?
defects used as?
pin?
bases/cores?
procedure?
-Deciding on the type of restoration to use-Crown, Filling, or other
-Using defects as retentive features-Do I need a build up?
-Pin placement and retention-Will a build up stay put?
-Bases and Cores-Do I need to protect the pulp?
-Tooth preparation procedures
To determine the type of restoration to use when large decay has destroyed tooth structure what should we ask?
Where is the decay?
How much tooth structure is remaining?
Where is the remaining tooth structure?
Can I restore this?
Should I restore this?
Extensive Peripheral destruction indicates what restoration
full crown
more/less destruction
Extensive Central destruction indicates what restoration
Less destructive central lesion: Isthmus destruction greater than ½ intercuspal width – Crown or Onlay/inlay
Large central lesion: More that 50% of tooth structure is gone and loss of cuspal suport– Crown (and likely a core build up too)
Combined Central and Peripheral destruction indicates:
-Core Build up and Crown
-Possible RCT/Post/Core/Crown
When would you decide you needed
Root Canal Treatment?
exposed? post?
If pulp is exposed
If post is needed for retention of
Build up
Extensive Peripheral and Central destruction
%vital core?
indicated?
more than 50% vital core lost
usually RCT with post and build up indicated
retentive features of the prep
a tooth preparation will need to be modified by adding retentive features to increase retention and improve the resistance form:
Re-orientation of sloping surfaces
Adding Grooves
Adding Box forms
Adding Pins with a Build up
why would a prep be left without a build up
**There are also times when leaving a crown preparation without a Build up can help with retention too. Sometimes, you need to leave it ugly.
What can we do to increase resistance form with less than ideal tooth structure
remaining?
-Reshape axial walls to reduce convergence
-Add grooves
-Add Box forms
-increase wall height
methods to increase wall height
-place finish line more apical
-Pin retained core
-Crown-lengthening
-Orthodontic extrusion
Reshaping axial walls purpose
Increased axial reduction in the cervical 1/2 of the preparation wall will
reduce taper and create more retention and greater resistance form.
sloped walls and retention
Sloping surfaces left after cusp fracture or caries removal need retention
Break slope into vertical and horizontal
components
Conversion into one large vertical wall
weakens tooth with too much removal
and endangers the vital core of the
tooth.
If greater than 3mm of vertical wall length is apical to the fractured cusp on a sloped wall what should be done
-A facial shoulder with axial wall reduction leaves adequate wall length for resistance form.
how to place retention grooves
Grooves placed parallel to the long axis of the tooth
-at least 1mm wide and deep
-0.5 to 1mm away from the finish line
-Spaced around the tooth
when are grooves used? why? best placed where?
Grooves used in short preparation walls
with minimal occlusal clearance:
-Proximal grooves shorten the radius
of the arc of rotation
-Walls of a groove or a box are best
placed perpendicular to the displacing
force
box forms for retention
removal of?
converison to retentive feature?
not needed where?
where located?
Box form can be used for retention
-Remove caries
-Convert caries removal into a box form by squaring walls
-Not needed on intact walls
-Box should be well into dentin (deep enough) to resist displacing forces
When two boxes are needed how does this affect the tooth? counter?
Less than 180 degrees of tooth
circumference remains.
-This poses a great risk for cuspal fracture
-Use a Build Up and full crown to protect against fracture
amalgam removal and retention
Amalgam removed
Boxes and grooves placed
Axial walls prepared in apical ½ to reduce converging walls
placing margin more apical
-Place margin more apically. Often this is below the gingiva. However, we must avoid breaking into biological width.
-Add materials to “Build Up” the tooth, why?
where is finish line?
minimum ferrel?
Core build up can give more wall. Remember, the finish line needs to be on tooth structure and you still need at minimum 2-3mm of ferrel.
how to remove bio width restriction
crown lengthning