title: The porcelain-fused-to-metal telescope: a simple approach to salvaging existing crowns with recurrent decay.
abstract: Solving maintenance problems on older prostheses is a constant challenge. Many times, the clinician is faced with recurrent decay around an abutment of a fixed restoration. It is not always feasible to redo the entire restoration. This article shows the clinician how to fabricate an esthetic telescope over the decayed abutment while preserving the existing fixed restoration.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Berson
mesh_terms: D002484:Cementation; D003442:Crowns; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000628:therapy*; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D006047:Gold Alloys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys; D008875:Middle Aged; D011176:Post and Core Technique; D012008:Recurrence; D018915:Root Canal Preparation
chemical_list: D006047:Gold Alloys; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys; D003776:Dental Porcelain