CEREC saves the day
My parents were heading out on the town with their best friends when they got a phone call canceling because his friend had broke his tooth. My dad had such a simple solution. "Go see my daughter! She can fix it in a day!!!"
This can be a tricky situation. He has a dentist who did a full mouth rehab. It's amazing how much I have learned being a CEREC doctor and being involved in study clubs like Spear and Seattle Study Clubs. One thing that he causally mentioned was that his lower teeth kept breaking... Obviously this is not an ideal bite.
So here is a plug for the virtual articulator. His previous crown broke exactly where it said it was going to. Such a smart computer we have!
I have no idea what material was used with his previous work, but I used e.max B1 LT for #23. I was excited about the match. I didn't adjust his other crowns at this point. Maybe someday. Today my job was to fix the broken tooth to get them out on their date night. This was single tooth dentistry, no staining or magic other than it was fixed in a few hours and I am confident that this one wont' break ;)
Beautiful work as always! What are you comfortable with as your minimum thickness for eMax in the anterior? I feel like some of mine end up bulky if I stick to the guidelines.
Kristine !
Wondering if the diastema between 8/9 was always there, or is it because of the "rehab" occlusion that was created - considering where I see the markings.
This may eventually be a case for the virtual articulator coupled with a JMT scan and extrapolated articulator settings.
Winnie
Luckily in this case his lowers were already a little bulky so it didn't matter. Depending on the bite and wear patterns of patients, yes there are days I will cut that down a little bit. Right now my minimal thickness radial is set at 500.
