Pediatric Crowns: All About Restoring Primary Teeth
Pediatric Crowns: All About Restoring Primary Teeth
Course overview
Restoration of primary teeth is an integral part of modern pediatric dentistry.
This course reveals the clinical rationale for using crowns: from the basic principles of selection and indications to the subtleties of preparation, cementation, and management of complex cases.
The training is structured sequentially and allows you to form a systematic understanding of all stages of the work: from diagnosis to achieving a predictable clinical outcome.
You will learn:
Types of crowns in pediatric dentistry and their clinical features
Indications for restoring primary teeth
Algorithms for selecting crowns depending on the clinical situation
Principles of tooth preparation for different types of crowns
Cementation protocols and materials used
Common mistakes and ways to prevent them
Strategies for managing complex clinical cases
Features of integrating crowns with orthodontic appliances
Effective communication with patients' parents.
Course lessons
Lesson 1. Restoration of primary teeth: analysis of all types of crowns
What are standard crowns?
Advantages of restoring primary teeth in pediatric dentistry
Why is it so important to learn to work with crowns?
What types of crowns exist, what materials they are made of, their pros and cons:
Metal crowns
Metal crowns with veneering
Zirconia crowns
PMMA crowns
Bioflex crowns.
Lesson 2. Pediatric crowns: from indications to communication with parents
Indications for the use of crowns in pediatric dentistry
Wear of crowns and why it is important to consider this
Shedding/exchange of primary teeth when restoring with crowns
Difficulties that may arise when working with crowns
How to convey to parents the importance of crown restorations during the appointment.
Lesson 3. Selection and cementation of crowns in pediatric dentistry: clinical protocols
Selection of crown size.
Determining the buccal and occlusal surfaces of crowns:
Metal
Bioflex.
Tooth preparation for crowns:
Necessary burs
Materials for cementing crowns.
Video demonstration of tooth preparation for a crown
Video demonstration of cementation of a metal crown.
Lesson 4. Analysis of clinical cases of restoring primary teeth
Treatment of caries of teeth 64 and 65:
Restoration of tooth 64 with a 3M metal crown
Restoration of tooth 65 with composite material Estelite Sigma Quick OA1.
Restoration of tooth 54 with a standard metal crown
Restoration of teeth 74 and 85 with standard Bioflex crowns
Nuances of working with crowns
Analysis of a clinical case with a loop-band
Bonding orthodontic appliances by Marco Rosa to crowns: what to do to avoid debonding of the appliance.
