The significance of marginal gap and overextension measurement in the evaluation of the fit of complete crowns

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 26-37

  Boeckler, Arne F ^a   Stadler, Anke ^a   Setz, Jürgen M ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cement width; Complete crown; Correlation; Dental explorer; Marginal fit; Marginal gap; Overextended margin

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; COPPER COMPLEX; GOLD COMPLEX; MOLYBDENUM COMPLEX; PLATINUM COMPLEX; TITANIUM; TOOTH CEMENT; ZINC PHOSPHATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CEMENTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTIST; DENTURE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPE; MOLAR TOOTH; PREMOLAR TOOTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOOTH CROWN;

EID: 29144447385     PISSN: 15263711     EISSN: 15263711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jcdp-6-4-26     Document Type: Article

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