Crown Preparations for Damaged Vital Teeth

Napaporn Adchariyapitak

Published Online: Dec 4, 2024 DOI

Crown preparations for damaged but vital teeth can be difficult and challenging since these teeth have less tooth substance and are prone to fracture. Retention and resistance can be created around damaged lesions with minimal tooth reduction by preparing more-parallel axial walls, turning sloping walls into steps, adding grooves, changing large lesions into boxes and adding pin-retained cores or pinholes to large damaged areas.

crown preparations damaged vital teeth

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& Adchariyapitak, N. (2024). Crown Preparations for Damaged Vital Teeth. CM Dent J, 32(2), 7-12. Retrieved from: https://www.dent.cmu.ac.th/cmdj/frontend/web/?r=site/viewarticle&id=343

Adchariyapitak, N., . 2024. "Crown Preparations for Damaged Vital Teeth." CM Dent J, 32(2), 7-12. https://www.dent.cmu.ac.th/cmdj/frontend/web/?r=site/viewarticle&id=343

Adchariyapitak, N. et al. 2024. 'Crown Preparations for Damaged Vital Teeth', CM Dent J, 32(2), 7-12. Retrieved from https://www.dent.cmu.ac.th/cmdj/frontend/web/?r=site/viewarticle&id=343

and Adchariyapitak, N. "Crown Preparations for Damaged Vital Teeth", CM Dent J, vol.32, no. 2, pp. 7-12, Dec. 2024.

Napaporn Adchariyapitak "Crown Preparations for Damaged Vital Teeth." CM Dent J, vol.32, no. 2, Dec. 2024, pp. 7-12, https://www.dent.cmu.ac.th/cmdj/frontend/web/?r=site/viewarticle&id=343