The American Dental Association is an excellent resource for details on these restorations. Visit www.ada.org for more information. Dr. Lewcock will provide an in depth explanation of these excellent restorations for your teeth at your appointment but a brief description is listed below: Crowns: Crowns or "caps" are restorations designed to fit snugly and function as normal teeth.

onlay is a tooth-shaped restoration made of composite resin or porcelain that completely or partially covers the natural tooth. It is for those restorations that need to be stronger than a simple filling yet don’t require a full crown. Often, Dr. Rieder or Dr. Carson may suggest onlays as an alternative treatment to crowns if it means saving more healthy natural tooth structure. See similar questions...

inlay or an onlay is a conservative alternative to a full crown, and may be recommended after decay is removed. Tooth-colored material is bonded to the tooth for increased support and strength as well as to restore normal appearance. See similar questions...

Crowns can be made of a variety of different materials, such as porcelain or porcelain bonded to gold. New materials are continually being introduced. There are different crowns for different situations and it is a good idea to discuss with your dentist which crown would be best for you. See similar questions...

All commercial and professional amplifiers, IQ System products and microphones are covered with a Three-Year No-Fault full warranty. This means that Crown will repair, at no cost to the customer, the Crown amplifier, IQ System product or Crown microphone for three years regardless of cause of electrical failure. Crown also pays for ground shipping to and from the factory (within the United States). Click here for more info on Crown warranties. See similar questions...

Any Crown PIP-compatible amplifier is also IQ compatible; however, since first introducing PIP-compatible amplifiers and PIP modules, Crown has updated the PIP standard. This affects which PIP-compatible amplifiers can host certain IQ PIP modules. To see a chart that shows which Crown amplifiers are compatible with various IQ-PIP and analog PIP modules, click here (24.4 KB pdf format). See similar questions...

Crown serves a variety of marketplaces within the audio industry. In order to provide the optimum product for an individual marketplace features may vary. The following is a list of marketplaces and the products optimized to serve their particular needs: Music Industry: the K, Micro-Tech and CE Series amplifiers have been optimized for the "Music Group" industry. See similar questions...