Anterior Zirconia Crowns for Primary Incisors With a Novel Alignment and Cementation Technique

  • Travis Nelson
  • Mark Van Duker

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This video describes and illustrates zirconia crown restoration in a patient with early childhood caries of the maxillary anterior teeth. Zirconia crowns for primary teeth confer many advantages, including great strength, durability, and ability to retain a high polish. The patient in this video received general anesthesia for full mouth dental rehabilitation, which guarantees optimal conditions for placement of technically demanding restorations. The video covers key aspects of the procedure, including bur selection, preparation, and subgingival reduction, and documents a novel approach to try-in and cementation that ensures predictable esthetic results. The principal components of this technique are trial alignment with fast-set impression material, pick-up impression of aligned crowns via transparent polyvinyl impression material, delivery of multiple units simultaneously, and command cure of resin-modified glass ionomer cement in the final restoration. Providers who watch this video will be well equipped to deliver anterior zirconia restorations for children with greater skill and confidence.

Introduction

This segment introduces zirconia crowns on a patient with early childhood caries affecting the maxillary anterior teeth.

About the Author

Travis Nelson

Travis M. Nelson , DDS, MSD, MPH, is Clinical Associate Professor and Acting Chair of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Washington. He has also been Attending Staff at Seattle Children’s Hospital since 2010. Dr. Nelson completed his DDS at Loma Linda University in 2007 and his MSD/MPH at the University of Washington in 2010. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. He has served as a committee member for the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (Council on Clinical Affairs, Committee on Sedation and Anesthesia) and is a past President of the Washington State Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Foundation. Dr. Nelson is an editorial board member for the Journal of Dentistry for Children (2014–8). He is lead or co-author of more than 30 original publications and has delivered numerous presentations both in the United States and overseas.

 
Mark Van Duker

Mark Van Duker is a dental student at the University of Washington. He has a keen interest in pediatric dentistry and has observed and participated in full-mouth dental rehabilitation cases performed under general anesthesia. While in dental school, he has participated in a summer research fellowship program (SURF) and has received the Psi Omega Scholarship, awarded to one dental student each year for exceptional volunteerism. He presented research at the 2018 American Association for Dental Research (AADR) Conference in Fort Lauderdale and has digitalized case presentations for UW School of Dentistry pediatric curriculum.

 

About this video

Author(s)
Travis Nelson
Mark Van Duker
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22802-6
Online ISBN
978-3-030-22802-6
Total duration
9 min
Publisher
Springer, Cham
Copyright information
© The Author(s) 2019

Video Transcript

This video describes and illustrates zirconia crown restoration in a patient with early childhood caries affecting the maxillary anterior teeth. Radiographic and clinical examination revealed extensive decay affecting the four central incisors. A zirconia crown was chosen over direct composite restoration due to the size and extent of the lesions. Zirconia offers a restoration with great strength, durability, and the ability to retain a high polish. The patient in this video received general anesthesia for full mouth dental rehabilitation, guaranteeing optimal conditions for placement of technically demanding restorations.

The video covers key aspects of the procedure, including bur choice, tooth preparation, and crown selection. It also demonstrates a novel approach to try-in and cementation that ensures predictable esthetic results.