AN AESTHETIC TECHNIQUE FOR VENEERING ANTERIOR STAINLESS-STEEL CROWNS WITH COMPOSITE RESIN

The restoration of primary anterior teeth presents complicated estheti c and retention problems to the clinician. A technique is described fo r the chairside veneering of composite resin to stainless steel crowns , which results in well contoured restorations with superior durabilit y and esthetics. A trimmed and fitted stainless steel crown can be ven eered in three to five minutes. This provides the adaptability and gin gival contour benefits of the stainless steel crown in conjunction wit h the cosmetics of the composite facings. The technique described prod uced composite veneers with a mean sheer bond strength of 3520 PSI (24 .4 Mpa).