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2. Crown (dental restoration) - Wikipedia

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   D003442. [ edit on Wikidata] In dentistry, a crown or a dental cap is a type of dental restoration that completely caps or encircles a tooth or dental implant. A crown may be needed when a large dental cavity threatens the health of a tooth. Some dentists will also finish root canal treatment by covering the exposed tooth with a crown. [ 1 ]

3. Crown (tooth) - Wikipedia

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   In dentistry, crown refers to the anatomical area of teeth, usually covered by enamel. The crown is usually visible in the mouth after developing below the gingiva and then erupting into place. If part of the tooth gets chipped or broken, a dentist can apply an artificial crown. Artificial crowns are used most commonly to entirely cover a ...

4. Pulp capping - Wikipedia

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   Pulp capping is a technique used in dental restorations to protect the dental pulp, after it has been exposed, or nearly exposed during a cavity preparation, from a traumatic injury, or by a deep cavity that reaches the center of the tooth, causing the pulp to die. [1] Exposure of the pulp causes pulpitis (an inflammation which can become ...

5. Fixed prosthodontics - Wikipedia

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   A crown is used to cover a tooth and may be commonly referred to as a "cap." Traditionally, the teeth to be crowned are prepared by a dentist, and records are given to a dental technician to construct the prosthesis. The records include models, which are replicas of a patient's teeth, and the impressions used to make these models.

6. Crown cork - Wikipedia

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   Crown cork. A generic 21-tooth crown cork bottle cap. Opening a crown capped bottle. The crown cork (also known as a crown seal, crown cap or just a cap), the first form of bottle cap, was invented by William Painter in 1892 in Baltimore. The company making it was originally called the Bottle Seal Company, but it changed its name with the ...

7. Enamel organ - Wikipedia

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   The cap shape of the enamel organ assumes a bell shape as the undersurface of the cap deepens. [3] Foldings of the internal enamel epithelium (done by the growing papilla cells) maps out the occlusal pattern of the tooth crown. The process is known as morphodifferentiation.