Crown retention. Part I. Stress analysis of symmetric restorations
Crown retention. Part I. Stress analysis of symmetric restorations
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-3913(74)90053-5
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发表时间:
1974
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J. Nicholls
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J. Nicholls
C omplete gold crown restorations have become increasingly important for restoring teeth; thus a knowledge of the retentive properties of this type of restoration is important. Work in this area has been carried out by Kaufman and co-authors’ and Jorgensen2 but these investigators have defined the problem in terms of the load required to remove a geometrically specified, circular, conical crown shape from a matching preparation. While this type of experiment clearly indicates some of the points which must be avoided if good retention is to be provided, it does not define the primary reason for failure or loss of retention. From a design standpoint, if the cause of an early failure can be ascertained, steps can be taken to avoid this in the future.The fact that the cementing agent between tooth structure and the gold restoration can be found on both of these surfaces after a failure has occurred leads us to the conclusion that failure occurs within the cement layer-not at one of the interfaces between cement and tooth or between the cement and restoration. This, in turn, leads us to presuppose that the stresses induced in the cement layer cause fracture which ultimately causes a loss of retention. The object of any investigation involved with the retention problem should then be to determine these stresses and, if possible, to determine if an optimum geometry can be found which minimizes these stresses to prevent failure of the cement layer.