- A crown is a cap or covering for a tooth.
- Indications: – a. Discolored tooth
- Cracked or broken teeth
- Heaving filled teeth
- After RCT of tooth
- To anchor a bridge replacing a missing tooth
- Bridge: – A dental bridge is a ceramic structure, spanning the gap left by a missing or extracted teeth.
- A ceramic tooth (pontic) is fused between two or more porcelain crowns on either side of the missing tooth that serve as anchors.
- The anchor teeth are shaped to accommodate the crowns and then a bridge is bonded securely over these teeth.
PFM
- These are porcelain fused to metal crowns.
- Esthetics is limited by layer of opaque porcelain.
- Tooth cutting is more,so tooth preservation is less.
- They are cemented on tooth surface.
- They can’t be given in extremely damaged teeth.
ENDOCROWNS
- These are all ceramic crowns.
- Esthetics is superior.
- Tooth cutting is less,so tooth preservation is more.
- They are luted to tooth surface which makes it one with tooth.
- They can be given in extensively damaged teeth.
