title: Technique for making full-coverage provisional restorations on teeth with insufficient clinical crowns.
abstract: Provisional restorations fabricated with copper bands are tremendous practice builders, eliminating the sensitivity, recurrent decay and poor retention that are common with conventional temporary restorations. The copper-band provisional restoration is the ideal choice when conventional butt-joint temporary restorations are unsuitable. The technique for making this restoration is demonstrated in this article with a step-by-step "how-to" description. An analysis of the basic principles and theories behind the success of the copper band provisional restoration is also presented, as well as a discussion of the restoration's advantages and disadvantages.
authors.affiliation: Westchester Academy of Restorative Dentistry, Scarsdale, NY, USA. edfberg@earthlink.net
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Feinberg
mesh_terms: D002484:Cementation / Q000379:methods; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry; D003442:Crowns; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003738:Dental Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D018772:Dental Marginal Adaptation; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017268:Dental Prosthesis Retention / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003794:Dental Restoration, Temporary / Q000379:methods*; D003833:Denture, Partial, Temporary; D006801:Humans; D019228:Tooth Crown / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D003738:Dental Cements; D003764:Dental Materials; D003300:Copper