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Inclusion Criteria: * must have at least one carious lesion or defective restoration or fractured tooth in a molar or premolar * reason for restoration should extend more than one-half the intercuspal width of the tooth requiring a full crown restoration * Teeth to be vital and asymptomatic prior to treatment * No more than two restorations will be placed per patient. If a patient presents with more than two acceptable teeth for the study, molar teeth will be included prior to premolar teeth. Exclusion Criteria: * Devital or sensitive teeth * Teeth with prior endodontic treatment of any kind * Teeth with a history of direct or indirect pulp capping procedures * Patients with significant untreated dental disease to include periodontitis and rampant caries * Pregnant or lactating women * Patients with a history of allergies to any of the materials to be used in the study * Patients unable to return for the recall appointments