Crowns in Pediatric Dentistry

Several options are available for providing full coverage restoration for the primary dentition, with each approach having advantages and disadvantages. Commonly used full coverage crowns include stainless steel crowns and its modifications, polycarbonate crowns and strip crowns. Now a day paediatric dentist facing a new challenge that is aesthetic, a primary objective of placing crown is to achieve an aesthetic improvement. A remarkable change is also seen in the patient¿s self-image after correction of the texture, shade and shape along with good physiological form and function which helps in preventing further deterioration of the mouth by prevention of tooth migration, bone loss and arch collapse. Several modifications and newer aesthetic crowns have been presented to overcome the disadvantages of stainless-steel crowns. These crowns were introduced to meet the increasing aesthetic demands of patient as well as their parents. These modifications include open faced and veneered stainless-steel crowns.