title: Procera all-ceramic crowns: a new approach to an old problem?
abstract: Increasing patient expectations regarding the appearance of restorations continue to test the ingenuity and skill of the dental team. To this end the quest for sufficiently strong, metal-free, all-ceramic restorations to function in all areas of the mouth continues apace. We report on a possible solution to this problem that uses computer-aided design/computer-aided milling (CAD/CAM) technology coupled with a novel, densely sintered, ceramic material. In this article we offer suggestions for case selection, preparation design, and luting procedures, and in addition illustrate these with a number of completed cases.
authors.affiliation: University Dental Hospital of Manchester.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Brunton
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: McCord
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000537:Aluminum Oxide; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D003442:Crowns; D003738:Dental Cements; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019231:Tooth Preparation, Prosthodontic
chemical_list: C105314:AllCeram; D003738:Dental Cements; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D000537:Aluminum Oxide