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Veeners and dental crowns - Coggle Diagram
Veeners and dental crowns
Veener
very thin layer of aesthetic material placed
on the surface of the tooth
only a small
amount of tooth is removed
crown
dental restoration that covers the portion of a
tooth or dental implant that lies at and above the gum line.
permanently cemented into place on a residual dental structure called a stump
can be divided into
Full
restore the whole anatomical crown
can be divided into functional or aesthetic,
Dowel
small metal cylinder used to fix
together two components of a restoration
reconstructing the
natural stumps and resort to the treated root
canal for their retention
Partial
most aesthetic restorations for teeth that have no damage on the labial or buccal surface
Metal crowns
are a good choice for out-of-sight molars.
All-resin dental crowns are less expensive than other crown types but they fracture very easily
All-ceramic or all-porcelain dental crowns provide a better natural colour match
may be more suitable for
people allergic to metal.
Porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns
look most like normal teeth