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A survey of the distribution and types of full crowns prescribed in Melbourne, Australia
Author(s) -
Stankiewicz Nikolai Ramsay,
Wilson Peter Robert
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2000.tb00556.x
Subject(s) - crown (dentistry) , dentistry , medicine , maxillary central incisor , orthodontics
The full crowns made by 11 commercial dental laboratories in Melbourne, Australia, were surveyed over a two‐month period. The survey was designed to find which teeth were crowned and what types of full crowns were prescribed. Maxillary central incisors were found to be the most frequently crowned teeth (15.6 per cent) and porcelain‐fused‐to‐metal crowns were the most commonly prescribed type of crown (82.9 per cent). This study may form a baseline with which other Australian studies may be compared and contrasted.