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  2. Crown lengthening - Wikipedia

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    Replacement of unaesthetic crowns on the upper central teeth after undergoing crown lengthening and fabrication of new restorations. Crown lengthening is often done in conjunction with a few other expensive and time-consuming dental procedures (e.g. post and core, endodontic treatment) with the ultimate goal of saving the tooth. The prognosis ...

  3. Crown-to-root ratio - Wikipedia

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    These terms can also be used to refer to the clinical sense of the words, as relative crown and relative root, by describing how much tooth remains surrounded by bone.As the inflammation associated with periodontal disease causes the bone to resorb and disappear, revealing more of the root structure, the effective crown height in relation to the effective root height is reduced and the ...

  4. Crown (dental restoration) - Wikipedia

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    Crown used as part of implant restoration. Crowns are indicated to: [2] [3] [4] Replace existing crowns which have failed. Restore the form, function and appearance of badly broken down, worn or fractured teeth, where other simpler forms of restorations are unsuitable or have been found to fail clinically.

  5. Ontario Real Estate Association - Wikipedia

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    The Ontario Association of Real Estate Boards (later renamed the Ontario Real Estate Association) was founded in 1922 to organize real estate activities on a province-wide basis. [citation needed] In 1930, the Ontario government brought into law the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act. The government of Ontario codified and regulated the real ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Post and core - Wikipedia

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    The post does not play any role in reinforcing or supporting the tooth and can in fact make it more likely to fracture at the root. [3] When deciding whether or not a tooth requires a post and core crown rather than a conventional crown, the following must be established: [4] Presence of an adequate ferrule (coronal tooth structure)

  8. Enamel hypoplasia - Wikipedia

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    Teeth displaying enamel hypoplasia lines, linear defects of enamel that form during crowns development as a result of periods of nutritional stress or disease during infancy and childhood Enamel hypoplasia is a risk factor for dental caries in children including early childhood caries (ECC), which continues to be a burden for many children.

  9. Crown (tooth) - Wikipedia

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    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 damaged tooth or to cover an implant.