title: Crowns and other extra-coronal restorations: cores for teeth with vital pulps.
abstract: Cores for teeth with vital pulps is the seventh in the series of crowns and other extra-coronal restorations. A core is defined as 'that part of a preparation for an indirect restoration consisting of restorative material'. This article questions the need for routine pin placement and addresses the following issues--removal of existing restorations, the need for a core, core materials, core retention, and problem solving.
authors.affiliation: Department of Restorative Dentistry, The Dental School, Newcastle upon Tyne. r.w.wassell@ncl.ac.uk
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Wassell
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Smart
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: St George
mesh_terms: D003188:Composite Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D003442:Crowns; D003723:Dental Amalgam / Q000737:chemistry; D001840:Dental Bonding; D003738:Dental Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D003772:Dental Pins; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D017268:Dental Prosthesis Retention; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008434:Matrix Bands; D011340:Problem Solving; D019279:Resin Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D019233:Retreatment; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000209:etiology; D019231:Tooth Preparation, Prosthodontic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D003188:Composite Resins; D003738:Dental Cements; D003764:Dental Materials; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; D019279:Resin Cements; D003723:Dental Amalgam