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Book Synopsis The Use of Dental Crowns for Vital and Endodontically Treated Teeth by :
Download or read book The Use of Dental Crowns for Vital and Endodontically Treated Teeth written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The choice of dental restoration depends on the amount of remaining tooth, which may influence long term survival and cost. For endodontically treated teeth, it is believed that coronal coverage can improve the clinical success of the restored teeth. An endodontic post is a partial prosthesis that is fixed inside the root canal. They are used to retain the coronal restoration when considerable tooth structure is missing. A core is a built-up structure that compensates for the lost tooth structure. It can either be part of the post material or a different material that is attached or bonded to the intra-canal post. Composite restoration material is widely acceptable build-up material for this purpose. In the perspective of publicly funded health insurance plans, it is important to base the coverage of dental crowns for vital and non-vital teeth on the best available evidence. It is of particular interest these plans to define evidence-based criteria for the coverage of crowns for vital teeth, and for the coverage of using posts/cores and crowns on endodontically treated teeth. In Canada, such evaluation is complicated by the fact that publicly funded health insurance plans do not have control over the care provider's choice of the crown type, and by the fact that there can be one fee code designated for all types of porcelain crowns, such as within the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services. The objective of this review is to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of dental crowns for vital teeth and the use of post-core-crown restorations for endodontically treated teeth.