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Optimizing resin cement removal around esthetic crown margins.

Acta odontologica Scandinavica (2006-07-11)
Yasar F Mansour, Maria R Pintado, Christina A Mitchell
ABSTRACT

To quantify luting cement at the crown-tooth interface of esthetic crowns fabricated using four different techniques and two methods of excess cement removal. Four methods of crown fabrication were used: the feldspathic porcelain and platinum foil technique, the feldspathic porcelain and refractory die technique, the resin composite crown and CAD/CAM technique, and the feldspathic porcelain crown and CAD/CAM technique. Half of the cemented crowns were allocated to Group A: removal of excess cement by flicking-off with a plastic instrument 3 min after initial polymerization, or Group B: removal of excess cement using a wiping action with cotton pellets. Morphologic measurements, using non-destructive digital profilometry, were made of the volume of excess cement (mm(3)), mean maximum and mean depth of excess cement (microm), and surface area of excess cement (mm(2)). ANOVA and Duncan post-hoc tests revealed no statistical differences (p<0.05) between the four types of crown fabrication with respect to volume and mean depth of retained luting cement. There was a significantly greater volume, mean depth, and mean maximum depth of luting cement retained using the "flick off" method compared to the cotton pellet "wiping" method for excess cement removal, but no statistical differences in mean surface area between the two methods. Following removal of excess luting cement, as judged clinically, using two methods, subclinical amounts of cement remained adherent to the tooth surface of all specimens at the crown-tooth interface.

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Platinum, foil, 0.05m coil, thickness 0.025mm, coil width .85mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 0.2m coil, thickness 0.025mm, coil width .85mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 0.05m coil, thickness 0.125mm, coil width 2.5mm, as rolled, 99.99%
Platinum, foil, 0.2m coil, thickness 0.125mm, coil width 2.5mm, as rolled, 99.99%
Platinum, foil, 0.05m coil, thickness 0.025mm, coil width 1.2mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 0.05m coil, thickness 0.15mm, coil width .9mm, as rolled, 99.99%
Platinum, foil, 0.5m coil, thickness 0.030mm, coil width .7mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 0.1m coil, thickness 0.030mm, coil width .7mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 4mm disks, thickness 0.005mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 10mm disks, thickness 0.05mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 0.05m coil, thickness 0.2mm, coil width 5mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 0.1m coil, thickness 0.045mm, coil width .75mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 0.05m coil, thickness 0.025mm, coil width 2mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 0.5m coil, thickness 0.05mm, coil width 1mm, as rolled, 99.99%
Platinum, foil, 6mm disks, thickness 0.1mm, as rolled, 99.99+%
Platinum, foil, 0.1m coil, thickness 0.025mm, coil width .4mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 0.2m coil, thickness 0.15mm, coil width .9mm, as rolled, 99.99%
Platinum, foil, 0.1m coil, thickness 0.05mm, coil width 1mm, as rolled, 99.99%
Platinum, foil, 0.05m coil, thickness 0.025mm, coil width 1.6mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 15mm disks, thickness 0.05mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 0.05m coil, thickness 0.025mm, coil width 5mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 1.2mm disks, thickness 0.025mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 0.1m coil, thickness 0.025mm, coil width .85mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 4mm disks, thickness 0.0125mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 0.5m coil, thickness 0.025mm, coil width 1.2mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 50x50mm, thickness 0.125mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 0.1m coil, thickness 0.125mm, coil width 2.5mm, as rolled, 99.99%
Platinum, foil, 6mm disks, thickness 0.0075mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 0.05m coil, thickness 0.025mm, coil width 8mm, as rolled, 99.95%
Platinum, foil, 0.2m coil, thickness 0.025mm, coil width 8mm, as rolled, 99.95%