title: [Use of casting inlays with pulp chamber retention to restore extensive damaged crowns of molars].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of casting inlays with pulp chamber retention to restore extensively damaged crowns of molars.
  
  
  METHODS
  After root canal treatment, sixty-one extensively damaged molar crowns were restored by casting inlays with pulp chamber retention. All the patients revisited after treatment at regular intervals and routine clinical examinations were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During the follow-up period from 1 to 5 years, all the 61 restorations functioned well. However, gingivitis, secondary caries or food impaction due to ill-fitting margins of prosthesis were observed in some cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Casting inlays with pulp chamber retention is a simple, economic and effective method to restore extensively damaged crowns of molars. Strict choices of indication, precise preparations of the teeth and well-made prosthesis are the key points for long-term successful restorations.
authors: Department of Stomatology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518036, Guangdong Province, China. LLXj0518@sina.com
authors: Xue-Heng
authors: XH
authors: Liu
authors: Lian
authors: L
authors: Ma
mesh_terms: D003442:Crowns; D003786:Dental Pulp Cavity; D006801:Humans; D007284:Inlays; D008963:Molar; D012390:Root Canal Therapy