Esthetic enhancement of ceramic crowns with zirconia dowels and cores: a clinical report.
There has been an increase in the use of esthetic metal-free ceramic crowns in restoring endodontically treated teeth or teeth with severe coronal destruction. Tooth-colored dowels and cores are used to enhance the esthetic result. This report describes the treatment of a patient with bilateral maxillary supernumerary lateral incisors, a severe malocclusion, and maxillary anterior tooth discoloration. Treatment included heat-pressed, metal-free ceramic crowns supported by zirconia ceramic dowel-and-core foundations.
Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey. sunatoksavul@yahoo.com
Suna
S
Toksavul
Murat
M
Türkün
Muhittin
M
Toman
D000328:Adult; D002516:Ceramics / Q000737:chemistry; D003442:Crowns; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000628:therapy; D008437:Maxilla; D011176:Post and Core Technique / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014075:Tooth Discoloration / Q000628:therapy; D019553:Tooth, Nonvital / Q000534:rehabilitation; D014096:Tooth, Supernumerary / Q000628:therapy; D015040:Zirconium / Q000737:chemistry
D003764:Dental Materials; D015040:Zirconium; C028541:zirconium oxide