title: Digital approach to a ceramic-pressed-to-metal restoration.
abstract: Even though a traditional metal ceramic restoration is still popular, it demands both time and effort. A ceramic-pressed-to-metal restoration (PTM) can be an alternative because this restoration reduces the complicated laboratory procedure and risk of ceramic chipping. However, no method has yet been reported for fabricating a PTM without a stone cast. This article describes an accelerated technique for a PTM with an intraoral scanner and computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing technology.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Dentistry, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea; and Graduate student, Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea. Electronic address: jus2u@cu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Ju-Hyoung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D016876:Metal Ceramic Alloys