I think there is still place for gold crowns, in particular partial crowns on second molars. It's a nice tooth saving restoration, as opposed to the huge amount of dentin reduction that is necessary for a PFM crown.

The sinus tract appeared after the dentist had prepped the crown on tooth 17. He had the crown finished, and placed it temporarily.

2 weeks of Ca(OH)2 was not enough to let the sinus tract disappear completely, but I was pretty confident it would work out well, so I decided to finish. I made a BU of composite and cemented the crown definitively Today I did the recall, it has healed up nicely - Marga

If we actually look at the characteristics of tooth structure, and then the characteristics of various restorative materials, and they try to match them as closely as possible, gold is the ONLY thing that comes close. If we could change it’s shade, a lot of materials would go by the wayside. Beautiful molar. And I know you didn’t do the bi. Gary