{"id":522,"date":"2015-10-04T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T19:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/?p=522"},"modified":"2016-11-24T11:40:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T16:40:51","slug":"retention-grooves-to-help-crowns-last-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/retention-grooves-to-help-crowns-last-longer\/","title":{"rendered":"Retention Grooves to help crowns last longer."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On these 2 crowns, the first porcelain and second gold, that I did last week in my office I show how I place retention grooves in my crown preparations to help lock my crowns in. These grooves prevent rotation and help secure the crowns in place. These slots allows for more surface area for the cement and results in a longer lasting restoration that holds firmly in place. This is especially important in short weak teeth. With this technique I am able to save teeth that otherwise would need to be extracted or require periodontal crown lengthening surgery.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-523\" style=\"width: 168px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/retain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-523 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/retain-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"retain\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/retain-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/retain.jpg 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Broken down molar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-524\" style=\"width: 168px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/reatin1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-524 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/reatin1-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"reatin1\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/reatin1-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/reatin1.jpg 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cleaned out and composite buildup and retention grooves\/slots placed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-525\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-151.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-525 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-151-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed-15\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-151-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-151.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Porcelain crown cemented in place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-171.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-171-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed-17\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-171-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-171.jpg 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-161.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-527\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-161-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed-16\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-161-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-161-698x1024.jpg 698w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-161.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-181.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-528\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-181-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed-18\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-181-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-181.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-529\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-22-262x300.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed-22\" width=\"262\" height=\"300\" 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class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-531\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-211-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed-21\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-211-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed-211.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/crown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-533\" src=\"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/crown-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"crown\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On these 2 crowns, the first porcelain and second gold, that I did last week in my office I show how I place retention grooves in my crown preparations to help lock my crowns in. These grooves prevent rotation and help secure the crowns in place. These slots allows for more surface area for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/retention-grooves-to-help-crowns-last-longer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Retention Grooves to help crowns last longer.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[11,22,42,43,10,12,44,15,17,16],"class_list":["post-522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crowns","tag-arlington","tag-bridge","tag-cracked-tooth","tag-crown","tag-dentist","tag-dr-gentry","tag-gold-crown","tag-northern-virginia","tag-philip-gentry","tag-virginia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions\/535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}