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36th Annual Conference of the European Prosthodontic Association, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 6 - 08 September 2012, pp.103
The use of esthetic ceramic crowns and esthetic posts in restoring endodontically treated teeth has been
increased dramatically in recent years. Tooth-colored dowels and cores are being used to enhance the
esthetic result. It is sometimes difficut for the dentist to decide which material is best for the restoration
of endodontically treated teeth with partial coronal loss. Successful treatment of a severely damaged
teeth with pulpal disease depends not only on good endodontic therapy but also on good prosthetic
reconstruction. The main emphasis on deciding the restoration material should be as follows; minimal
risk, biocompability, esthetics and patient desires. This clinical report describes the restoration of
endodontically treated maxillary incisor with a zirconia post-core in monoblock form and a zirconia all-
ceramic crown. The purpose of this study was to clinically evaluate the esthetic results of a zirconia post-
core combined with a zirconia reinforced all-ceramic crown. A 16-year-old female patient came to our
clinic with a fractured left maxillary incisor due to a direct trauma to the tooth. Endodontic teratment
was conducted. After 2 weeks, post space preparation was carried out for the maxillary left central incisor
and tooth preparation was done for all-ceramic crown. Impression was taken with polyvinyl siloxane
material. The impression is scanned and CAD/CAM fabrication of the monoblock post-core was made.
The post-core is cemented with resin cement and a secondary impression was taken for the crown
fabrication. A zirconia reinforced all-ceramic crown is fabricated and cemented.