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hey guys,
One of my patients needed a root canal on her upper canine due to a carious lesion on the distal of the tooth, a fairly large lesion. now the root canal is completed I am trying to determine if there is a case for crowning the tooth vs not crowning.. (just putting a composite restoration). from the literature that our faculty have provided us -- it seems questionable if there is any need to crown it.. (post teeth we should crown due to high occlusal forces, anterior teeth aren't exposed to this amount of forces thus there doesn't seem to be a reason.. ))
any information would be helpful and backing up with references would be appreciated....
let the games begin
One of my patients needed a root canal on her upper canine due to a carious lesion on the distal of the tooth, a fairly large lesion. now the root canal is completed I am trying to determine if there is a case for crowning the tooth vs not crowning.. (just putting a composite restoration). from the literature that our faculty have provided us -- it seems questionable if there is any need to crown it.. (post teeth we should crown due to high occlusal forces, anterior teeth aren't exposed to this amount of forces thus there doesn't seem to be a reason.. ))
any information would be helpful and backing up with references would be appreciated....
let the games begin