What Are Prosthodontics?

Dental restoration, English for dental restoration. The basic content of dental restoration is to prepare teeth based on the principles of retention, resistance, and protection of pulp and dentin organs on the basis of removing damaged or severely weakened dental tissues. Finally, certain materials are passed through certain procedures Restore its inherent form and function. ^[1]

Dental restoration

In the process of dental restoration, from design to preparation, every specific step and operation must take into account the preservation of dental tissue. Make the tooth defect part get

Dental restoration

Porcelain fused metal full crown is also called metal porcelain combined crown, referred to as gold porcelain crown, which is a full crown restoration formed by porcelain powder sintered and fused to the surface of a metal inner crown. ^[7]

Dental restoration features

1. The biggest advantage of the gold porcelain crown is that the aesthetic effect and strength are better, combining the beauty of the all-ceramic crown and the strength of the metal crown.

Comparison of metal porcelain teeth and all porcelain teeth

2. Realistic morphology. The morphological problems are the same as the color, which is an important reason for the failure of most dental beauty.

3. The production of porcelain fused metal full crown needs to be suitable for the patient himself: not one person, it is necessary to carefully judge and determine the color and shape according to the patient's age, occupation, skin color, preferences and many other factors to achieve personalization In order to be truly cosmetic for patients.

4. Cementing is also very important for beauty. Cementing full crowns can be used, for example: 3M ESPE RrlyXTM Unicem, RrlyXTM Luting series are good choices. ^[7]

Application scope of dental restoration

1. For those with higher aesthetic requirements, both front and back teeth can be used.

2. Discolored teeth should not be restored by other methods.

3. Malformed teeth, enamel hypoplasia, etc. need to improve the crown shape.

4. Anterior teeth misalignment, twisting, etc. are not suitable or can not be treated with orthodontics, and improve aesthetics.

5. Residual roots and crowns repaired by post and core after root canal treatment.

6. The repair of single tooth defect can also be used as a retainer for fixed dentures.

7. Fixed splint for orthodontic treatment of periodontal disease. ^[7]