Stainless steel crown aspiration during sedation in pediatric dentistry.

Marginal adaptation of stainless steel crowns.

The chief goal of full coronal restoration using preformed stainless steel crowns (SSC) is replication of normal crown form and function. Marginal adaptation of SSCs involves appropriate crown size selection, trimming the crown form to achieve proper length, crimping crown edges to proximate the prepared tooth, and finishing and polishing the crown form. This report about SSC restoration focuse...

Increasing occlusal surface thickness of stainless steel crowns: a clinical technique.

Patients with tooth grinding habits may tend to wear through the occlusal surfaces of stainless steel crowns. A technique is described which prevents this problem by increasing metal occlusal surface thickness of the crown.

The scientific basis for treatment and the Texas Medicaid experience.

N. Sue Seale DDS, MSD T his story begins on Sunday morning, October 1, 1995, when the front page of the Houston Chronicle was devoted to the first of a series of articles about the Medicaid system in Texas. The focus of the articles was the practice patterns of Texas pediatric dentists who were Medicaid providers. Large color photographs of two children who had died as a result of treatment by ...

The stainless steel crown, welded sheath, and wire loop for posterior space maintenance.

Laser pediatric crowns performed without anesthesia: a contemporary technique.

Extensive caries resulting in the need for a stainless steel crown in primary teeth may now be prepared with the use of the WaterlaseTM YSGG Laser, (Biolase) hard and soft-tissue laser. The use of the laser eliminates the need for local anesthesia, thereby providing optimal patient comfort and compliance.