BDS Notes: Crowns in Pediatric dentistry Handwritten Notes

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In pediatric dentistry several options are available for providing full coverage restoration for the primary dentition. Treatment of caries in the primary dentition is still an integral part of child healthcare. Several crowns are used as full coronal restoration in primary teeth.  Commonly used full coverage crowns include stainless steel crowns and its modifications, polycarbonate crowns and strip crowns.

There are several options and choices that you can make for the crowns that are-Stainless Steel Crowns (SSC), Stainless Steel Crowns With White Facings, Composite Strip Crowns or Resin Crowns, Sprig Zirconia Crowns.

Crowns are recommended in deciduous or primary dentition when it is necessary to repair and restore or to retain a primary tooth that found to have a large cavity or cavities, broken tooth, or a primary tooth which has not developed correctly.

This document is all about the crowns used in pediatric dentistry, describes about the Anterior crowns that are Polycarbonate, modified polycarbonate, SSC with composite facing, strip crowns, Art glass crowns. Their indications, contraindications, advantages & disadvantages are well explained for each type of crown. This contains only 11 pages written in English that is very simple and easy to understand. The document is only 2.1 MB in size that is easy to download.