A Study of the Effect of Adhesive Resin Cement Opacity on Terminal Color of Full Ceramic Crowns Set on Severe Discolored Abutments

Objective: is to study the effect of colored (non-opaque) adhesive resin cement and opaque adhesive resin cement on color matching of full ceramic crowns set on severe discolored abutments. Materials and Methods: Sample consisted of 15 full ceramic (IPS e-max press) crowns (A1 Vita Classical Guide) set on severe discolored abutments (ND9) and divided into 3 equal groups (1) left without adhesive (2) adhered with colored Adhesive Resin Cement (3) adhered with opaque Adhesive Resin Cement. The color of these full ceramic crowns was analyzed in the cervical, medium and incisal third using digital color analyzer (Easy Shade Compact); and the values of color change (∆E) were studied and compared with (∆E) of one full ceramic (IPS e-max press) crown (A1 Vita Classical Guide) set on non-discolored abutment (ND1). Results: showed that White Opaque (WO) Adhesive Resin Cement improved the ∆E values in the full ceramic crowns bonded on severe discolored abutments, were relatively better than the colored cement. However, both kinds of the cements did not reach a color matching level that we can clinically accept.