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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3907</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.131437</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>To Evaluate Marginal Fit of Single Implant-Supported Metal-Ceramic Crowns Fabricated by Direct Metal Laser Sintering and Lost Wax Technique: An In Vitro Study&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Narang</surname><given-names>Harshita</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sukhija</surname><given-names>Urvashi</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>20</day><month>07</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>4)</volume><issue/><fpage>69</fpage><lpage>74</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Porcelain fused to the metal prosthesis is one of the widely used dental prosthesis. The aim of this in vitro study is to check the marginal fit of a single implant-supported metal-ceramic crown fabricated by the direct metal laser sintering method compared with crowns fabricated using the lost wax technique. Materials and Method: The study conducted compares the marginal fit of single implant-supported porcelain fused to metal crown fabricated using the most ancient and conventional lost wax technique and the most recent yet emerging Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) technique. This study also compares both techniques based on the marginal fit of crowns. A total of 20 porcelain fused to metal crowns were prepared for this study. 20 implant abutments fixed into implant analogues, embedded into acrylic resin blocks were divided equally (n=10) into two groups Group A (lost-wax technique) and Group B (DMLS technique). On the abutments, crowns for the mandibular first molar were prepared by these two techniques. Four points were marked on each aspect (lingual, buccal, mesial and distal) of the crown at the level of the abutment, which was analyzed under a stereomicroscope at 65x. Three readings at each point were noted and the observations were statistically analyzed. Results: The lowest mean marginal discrepancy values (39.9 __ampersandsignplusmn; 1.8 __ampersandsignmicro;m), (40.3 __ampersandsignplusmn; 1.5__ampersandsignmicro;m), (39.2 __ampersandsignplusmn; 1.2__ampersandsignmicro;m) and (37.3 __ampersandsignplusmn; 1.7__ampersandsignmicro;m) were observed for Group B (DMLS) at all four points marked, respectively which were significantly better as compared to that of Group A (Lost-Wax) that showed (58.4 __ampersandsignplusmn; 1.2__ampersandsignmicro;m), (55.5 __ampersandsignplusmn; 0.98__ampersandsignmicro;m), (56.9 __ampersandsignplusmn; 0.91__ampersandsignmicro;m) and (55.7 __ampersandsignplusmn; 0.92 __ampersandsignmicro;m) values at the four marked points. Conclusion: The results revealed that the crowns fabricated by the DMLS technique provided better marginal fit as compared to the crowns fabricated by the Lost-Wax technique.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Implant-Supported crowns</kwd><kwd> Lost-wax technique</kwd><kwd> Metal-Ceramic crowns</kwd><kwd> Marginal fitting</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
