title: Crowns and other extra-coronal restorations: aesthetic control.
abstract: A pleasing dental appearance is the subjective appreciation of the shade, shape and arrangement of the teeth and their relationship to the gingiva, lips and facial features. Achieving such a pleasing appearance in our patients is not always easy but is critical, not least because our work is effectively on display and this has implications for patients' perceptions of our practice. To be successful, thorough assessment, careful planning and precise clinical execution is required. Every bit as important though, is good communication, both with the dental laboratory and particularly with the patient. In few areas of dentistry can effective communication be as critical as it is here.
authors.affiliation: The Dental Hospital, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne. f.s.a.nohl@newcastle.ac.uk
authors.forename: F S A
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Nohl
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Steele
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Wassell
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002484:Cementation; D003116:Color; D003142:Communication; D003442:Crowns / Q000145:classification; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D003776:Dental Porcelain / Q000737:chemistry; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D003800:Dental Technicians; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007574:Jaw Relation Record; D007754:Laboratories, Dental; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys / Q000737:chemistry; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D013499:Surface Properties; D019231:Tooth Preparation, Prosthodontic; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D003764:Dental Materials; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys; D003776:Dental Porcelain