Definition of Jacket crown

1. Noun. (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth. "Tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown"

Exact synonyms: Cap, Crown, Crownwork, Jacket
Generic synonyms: Dental Appliance
Category relationships: Dental Medicine, Dentistry, Odontology

Medical Definition of Jacket crown

1. A hollow crown of acrylic resin, fused porcelain or cast gold, combinations of gold and acrylic or gold and porcelain; it fits over the prepared stump of the natural crown. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacket Crown

jackboot
jackbooted
jackboots
jackdaw
jackdaws
jacked
jacked off
jacked up
jackeen
jackeens
jacker
jackeroo
jackeroos
jackers
jacket
jacket crown (current term)
jacket potato
jacket potatoes
jacketed
jacketing
jacketless
jackets
jackfish
jackfishes
jackfruit
jackfruit tree
jackfruits
jackhammer
jackhammered
jackhammering

Literary usage of Jacket crown

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of the Allied Dental Societies by Allied Dental Societies (U.S.) (1918)
"TECHNIC OF ROOT PREPARATION AND PORCELAIN jacket crown CONSTRUCTION' BY GEORGE A. THOMPSON, DDS WHEN the preparation of a tooth for a porcelain jacket crown ..."

2. Dominion Dental Journal (1907)
"There is no desire to speak lightly of the advantage of the jacket crown. It is the ideal crown, ... But can we think of a porcelain jacket crown serving as ..."

3. Œdema and Nephritis: A Critical, Experimental and Clinical Study of the by Martin Fischer (1921)
"The important thing about the jacket crown is that it does not necessitate ... As soon, of course, as a tooth is, or has been killed, the jacket crown is ..."

4. History of Dentistry: A Practical Treatise for the Use of Dental Students by James Anderson Taylor (1922)
"The All-porcelain jacket crown is the invention of Dr. Charles H. Land, of Detroit, who patented it in 1889 and introduced it about 1890, giving it his name ..."

5. Catching's Compendium of Practical Dentistry (1897)
"Attach to this the old facing or a duplicate, in the same manner as in attaching the facing to the jacket crown. Cement this on and you have a permanent ..."

6. The Practice of Dentistry: A Practical Treatise Upon the Generalpractice of by Leo Greenbaum, Max Greenbaum (1912)
"The Land jacket crown, especially effective in overcoming the impaired appearance which peg laterals give to the face, and which are adjusted upon vital ..."

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