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2. Crown (dental restoration) - Wikipedia

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   A dental CAD/CAM machine costs roughly $100,000, with continued purchase of ceramic ingots and milling burs. Because of high costs, the usual and customary fee for making a CAD/CAM crown in the dentist's office is often slightly higher than having the same crown made in a dental laboratory.

3. Dental extraction - Wikipedia

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   illustration demonstrating the use of the dental key for extracting teeth. Historically, dental extractions have been used to treat a variety of illnesses. Before the discovery of antibiotics , chronic tooth infections were often linked to a variety of health problems, and therefore removal of a diseased tooth was a common treatment for various ...

4. CAD/CAM dentistry - Wikipedia

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   Chrome-cobalt disc with bridges and crowns manufactured using WorkNC Dental CAD/CAM. CAD/CAM dentistry is a field of dentistry and prosthodontics using CAD/CAM (computer-aided-design and computer-aided-manufacturing) to improve the design and creation of dental restorations, [1] [2] especially dental prostheses, including crowns, crown lays, veneers, inlays and onlays, fixed dental prostheses ...

5. Elevator (dental) - Wikipedia

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   Elevators (also known as luxators) are instruments used in dental extractions. They may be used to loosen teeth prior to forceps extraction, to remove roots or impacted teeth, when teeth are compromised and susceptible to fracture or when they are malpositioned and cannot be reached with forceps. [1]

6. Restorative dentistry - Wikipedia

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   Dental crowns are tooth-colored restorations or metal restorations. [4] They replace the essential structures of a missing tooth caused by root canals, decay, or fractures. [ 5 ] Crowns also serve as full "caps" that restore normal tooth size, shape, and function.

7. Periodontal surgery - Wikipedia

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   Crown lengthening is a technique for increasing crown height of teeth by flap surgery with or without bone surgery. [3] There are two main types: Aesthetic crown lengthening which is performed when a "gummy" smile is an issue for the patient [3] Functional crown lengthening is used to make an unrestorable tooth restorable.