Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Liu, Xue-Heng
• Ma, Lian

Titel

Use of casting inlays with pulp chamber retention to restore extensive damaged crowns of molars

Ist Teil von

• Shanghai kou qiang yi xue, 2008-02, Vol.17 (1), p.30

Ort / Verlag

China

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To evaluate the effect of casting inlays with pulp chamber retention to restore extensively damaged crowns of molars. 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. 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. 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.