title: Marginal fit of castable ceramic crowns.
abstract: The objective of this study was to measure marginal fit of castable ceramic versus gold crowns. Full veneer gold and ceramic crowns were made on Ivorine dies. Crowns were cemented, embedded, sectioned faciolingually and mesiodistally, and photographed for measurement of absolute marginal discrepancies (cavosurface angle to casting margin) to evaluate fit. Results revealed no statistically significant differences in fit among four locations around the margins of either ceramic or gold crowns. There was no statistically significant difference in the combined absolute marginal discrepancy (fit) between ceramic and gold crowns. The variance of the combined absolute marginal discrepancy (fit) of the ceramic crowns was significantly different than that of the gold crowns (p = 0.01 level). The standard deviation (variability) of the gold crowns was more than twice that of the ceramic crowns. Randomized block ANOVA demonstrated statistically significant differences among individual gold crown specimens, but none among individual ceramic crown specimens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Crown and Bridge Dentistry, Medical University of South Carolina, College of Dental Medicine, Charleston.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Sulik
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bayne
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002516:Ceramics / Q000737:chemistry*; D003442:Crowns; D003734:Dental Casting Investment / Q000737:chemistry*; D003735:Dental Casting Technique; D003776:Dental Porcelain / Q000737:chemistry; D003801:Dental Veneers; D006047:Gold Alloys / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D003734:Dental Casting Investment; C047475:Dicor ceramic; D006047:Gold Alloys; D003776:Dental Porcelain