The all-ceramic crown has become the restoration of choice for so many dentists and patients alike. However, the success of this restoration is dependent on the dentist?s attention to detail in treatment planning, tooth preparation, as well as coping design. Despite the high success rate with these restorations there is still a small percent of failure. The major causes of these failures will be discussed. This presentation will also deal with principles of success of the all-ceramic crown focusing on simplified but efficient tooth preparation techniques.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
* To improve the chances of long-term success with ceramic restorations by proper planning.
* To identify some of the leading causes of failure in all ceramic restorations.
* To learn a simplified tooth preparation technique for the all-ceramic crown.

By Dr. Ronald Goldstein

Duration: 83 min
Format: m4v
Size: 963 MB