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Principles Oftoothpreparation
Principles Oftoothpreparation
Structural
durability
Occlusal Axial
reduction reduction
Al-Fouzan etal quantified the volume of reduction of tooth
structure associated with different commonly used
preparation designs using microcomputed tomography
Structural durability
Marginal integrity
Conservation guidelines-
Taper
visualize preparation walls
prevent undercuts
permit more nearly complete
seating of restorations during
cementation
Ideal taper: 6°
Retention
Anterior ¾ crown
parallel to incisal ½ of the labial surface
Numbers of paths along which a restoration can be
removed from the tooth preparation
Metal-ceramic crowns :
1.5 to 2mm – functional cusp
1 to 1.5mm – non functional cusp
Wide ledge-
resistance to occlusal forces
minimizes stresses which leads to fracture of porcelain
Healthy contours
Maximum esthetics
Destruction of more tooth structure
Coronal fracture
Soft tissues:
Careful retraction of lips, cheeks
Care to protect tongue when lingual surfaces of mandibular
molars prepared
Pulp
Temperature
Chemical action of cements
Bacterial action (microleakage)
Borelli etal In vitro analysis of residual tooth structure of maxillary anterior teeth
after different prosthetic finish line preparations for full-coverage single crowns
Journal of Oral Science, Vol. 55, No. 1, 79-84, 2013
Different preparation depths
With/without coolants