Procera all-ceramic crowns: a new approach to an old problem?

Increasing patient expectations regarding the appearance of restorations co ntinue to test the ingenuity and skill of the dental team. To this end the quest for sufficiently strong, metal-free, all-ceramic restorations to func tion in all areas of the mouth continues apace. We report on a possible sol ution to this problem that uses computer-aided design/computer-aided millin g (CAD/CAM) technology coupled with a novel, densely sintered, ceramic mate rial. In this article we offer suggestions for case selection, preparation design, and luring procedures, and in addition illustrate these with a numb er of completed cases.