Basic Fixed Partial Prosthodontic Terminology
Crown is a cemented extracoronal restoration that covers or veneers the outer surface of cilinical crown. It should reproduce the morphology and contours of the damaged coronal portions of a tooth while performing its function. It should also protect the remaining tooth strcuture from further damage
Full Veneer Crown / Complete Veneer Crown covers all of the clinical crown. It may be fabricated entirely by a gold alloy or some untarnishable metal, a ceramic veneer fused to metal, an all-ceramic material, resin and metal or resin only.
Partial Veneer Crown covers portions of clinical crown.
Intracoronal Cast Restorations are those that fit within the anatomic contours of the clinical crown of a tooth.
Inlays may be used as single tooth restorations for proximo occlusal or gingival lesions with minimal to moderate extensions. They may be made of gold alloy or a ceramic material.
Onlay is an intracoronal restoration modified with an occlusal veneer. It is useful for restoring more extensively damaged posterior teeth needing wide mesio-occluso-distal restorations.
All-Ceramic Laminate Veneer / Facial Veneer is used in situations requiring an improved cosmetic appearance on an anterior tooth that is otherwise sound. It consists of of a thin layer of dental porcelain or cast ceramic that is bonded to facial surface of the tooth with a resin.
Fixed Partial Denture is permanently attached to remaining teeth, which replaced one or more missing teeth.
Abutment is a tooth serving as an attachment for fixed partial denture.
Pontic is the artificial tooth suspended from the abutment teeth.
Fixed Partial Denture Retainers are where the pontics are connected. They are extracoronal restorations that are cemented to prepared abutment teeth.
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