en pediatric pediatric Case report <span style="font-size:13pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">Background and Aim</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">:</span></span></span></b> <span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">Dissatisfaction of parents with the appearance of conventional stainless-steel crowns (SSCs) has led the pedodontists to choose alternative esthetic restorations such as zirconia crowns.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">Case Presentation: </span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">In this report, a new approach for fabrication of direct composite crowns for primary molars was described using dual-cure core build-up composite material in five patients with one-year follow-up.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b> <span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">Direct composite crown appears to be a suitable esthetic restoration for pulpotomized primary molars in cooperative patients with acceptable oral hygiene.</span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Child, Composite Resins, Crowns, Esthetics, Dental, Molar 204 210 http://jrdms.dentaliau.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-882-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Roozbeh Sadrimanesh sadrimnsh@yahoo.com 100319475328460012727 100319475328460012727 No Private Dental Practice, Tehran, Iran. Parissa Aref parissa234@yahoo.com 100319475328460012728 0000000347813220 Yes Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Sara Tavasoli-Hojjati tavasolisara@yahoo.com 100319475328460012729 0000000325406501 No Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Saman Haghighat samanhgt@gmail.com 100319475328460012730 000000018017442X No Private Dental Practice, Tehran, Iran.