Post and core crown residual crown and root in the elderly Conservation and Restoration of.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 6 Post and core crown residual crown and root in the elderly Conservation and Restoration of [Keywords:] porcelain crown, post and core, residual root and crown With the advent of an aging society, the importance of the development of Geriatric Dentistry obvious each day (1). Elderly patients with severe tooth wear, caries, occlusal trauma left in the mouth caused by residual root and crown save more than fix the problem, has been clinical rehabilitation in the elderly an important part of the work. We collected 55 to 73 years 167 elderly patients with clinical data of the teeth, because the elderly may be suffering from a variety of systemic diseases (2), so the availability of residual root and crown Save as much as possible, to improve root canal therapy, through the post-core porcelain crown, to achieve better results. 1 Materials and methods 1.1 Materials 2004 to 2009, 98 patients, 137 teeth. 56 males and 42 females, aged 55 to 73 years old. Severe caries 58, 35 wedge-shaped defects serious, severe wear 28, trauma to break 16. 1.2 Methods According to the anatomical characteristics of root products designed to do post-core or casting post and core, retained by the improved residual crown and root canal treatment, making X-ray film showed root filling seal, tip without chronic inflammatory disease, observe 1 ~ 2 w asymptomatic, to understand the situation apical root weeks, the root of the thickness, length, bend straight, direction, and so the need for auxiliary retention, the post-core restoration design, post and core production (2). When the tooth to the alveolar defect crest level or below, according to the length of the root crown lengthening kept viable root, do post and core restoration. the last line of porcelain crowns to establish normal occlusion relations. 1.3 Results With cast metal post and core plus 57 cases of porcelain crown aged 68 residual crown and root. Finished amalgam post and resin cor