Awareness On White Metal Ceramic Crowns - A Survey

The metal ceramic crown was the most preferred form of tooth replacement. Hence they were at peak of their usage even if there are many disadvantages. After the introduction of zirconia crowns, the popularity of the metal ceramic crowns were lost. Hence this research is to study about the tooth coloured metal ceramic crown. This has reduced disadvantages. In order to regain its popularity, this research is to show that metal ceramic crowns are better than any other form of crowns after the modifications. A questionnaire of 15 questions were taken and they are circulated among the dental students and dental practitioners of good standardisation. They are requested to answer, data was collected and analysed by SPSS software. The graphs are also drawn using SPSS software. The obtained results were like 37% of the people prefer all ceramic crowns for the tooth replacement. 89% of the people are aware of metal ceramic crowns. 53% of the people are aware of metal used for coping. We can conclude from the survey that people are aware of metal ceramic crowns. They know the advantages and disadvantages of metal ceramic crowns.