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- Title
Use of casting inlays with pulp chamber retention to restore extensive damaged crowns of molars.
- Authors
Liu Xue-heng; Ma Lian
- Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of casting inlays with pulp chamber retention to restore extensively damaged crowns of molars. METHODS: After root canal treatment, sixty-one extensively damaged molar crowns were restored by casting inlays with pulp chamber retention. All the patients revisited after treatment at regular intervals and routine clinical examinations were performed. RESULTS: During the follow-up period from 1 to 5 years, all the 61 restorations functioned well. However, gingivitis, secondary caries or food impaction due to ill-fitting margins of prosthesis were observed in some cases. CONCLUSIONS: Casting inlays with pulp chamber retention is a simple, economic and effective method to restore extensively damaged crowns of molars. Strict choices of indication, precise preparations of the teeth and well-made prosthesis are the key points for long-term successful restorations.
- Subjects
DENTAL casting; INLAYS (Dentistry); DENTAL pulp cavities; DENTAL crowns; MOLARS
- Publication
Shanghai Journal of Stomatology, 2008, Vol 17, Issue 1, p30
- ISSN
1006-7248
- Publication type
Article