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Badly decayed maxillary left premolar.
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A 32-year-old male patient was presented to King Khalid University dental clinic with a badly decayed/broken upper left first premolar tooth for restoration (Figure 1).
Photograph of prepared tooth after post and core and crown lengthening.
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The tooth was prepared with a deep chamfer finish line all around in addition to sufficient occlusal reduction (Figure 2).
Die prototype in CAD-CAM.
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Zirconia coping was fabricated using CAD-CAM machine (Figures 3 and 4).
Milled zirconia coping.
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Zirconia coping was fabricated using CAD-CAM machine (Figures 3 and 4).
Final restoration in patient mouth.
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All ceramic zirconia crown was cemented with resin luting cement (Figure 5) and patient was given postcementation instruction.