title: Preformed posterior stainless steel crowns: an update.
abstract: For almost 50 years, dentists have used stainless steel crowns for primary and permanent posterior teeth. No other type of restoration offers the convenience, low cost, durability, and reliability of such crowns when interim full-coronal coverage is required. Preformed stainless steel crowns have improved over the years. Better luting cements have been developed and different methods of crown manipulation have evolved. This article reviews stainless steel crown procedures for primary and permanent posterior teeth. Step-by-step placement of a primary molar stainless steel crown is documented and permanent molar stainless steel crown restoration is described. A method for repairing a worn-through crown also is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Croll
mesh_terms: D001641:Bicuspid; D002484:Cementation; D002648:Child; D003442:Crowns; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000628:therapy; D003738:Dental Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D017269:Dental Prosthesis Repair; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008963:Molar; D013193:Stainless Steel / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties; D014071:Tooth Abnormalities / Q000628:therapy; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000628:therapy; D019231:Tooth Preparation, Prosthodontic; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous
chemical_list: D003738:Dental Cements; D013193:Stainless Steel