Porcelain Crowns

Grinding your teeth, an improper bite, age, fillings and tooth decay can all be contributing factors in the wearing down, cracking or breakage of your teeth. Dental crowns cover the entire visible surface of your affected tooth and add strength, durability and tooth stability.

All Porcelain. The new reinforced resin or bonded all-porcelain type of crown has the nicest appearance. This crown can be made from pure ceramic or a new reinforced composite resin, and is almost indistinguishable from natural teeth. The new bonding technology involved provides an exceptional bond your tooth. It is metal-free, and thus satisfies the needs of patients with metal sensitivities. When correcting your back teeth with bonding, the cosmetic dentist will perform a tooth coloured onlay. This type of procedure is used to correct only those parts of the tooth that are in need. This is a metal-free procedure.

Gold crowns are appropriate when appearance is not a priority to you. The gold metal is extremely workable making gold crowns a more precise fit than any other type. While there exists a slight possibility of chipping with porcelain crowns, gold crowns provide no such possibility. The preparation of a tooth for a gold crown is the simplest and least complicated preparation as there is minimal tooth structure removal with as much as possible of the healthy tooth structure remaining untouched. While porcelain is hard by comparison, it may cause wear on opposing teeth over the years where gold is not as likely to do so. Gold is also easier to fit to the area where the tooth and crown meet for a better fit. Gold is also a healthier environment for the gum tissue.

Porcelain Fused To Metal Crowns. For a very natural appearance, porcelain fused to metal crowns are the answer. They are very durable and are ideal for the extreme bite pressure and grinding action of the chewing teeth. They have a metal substructure and require an opaque below the porcelain. This can make the translucency of natural teeth difficult to replicate. Occasionally a darker line will be visible at the edge of the crown, near to your gum when it recedes with age.

At Dental Express we use E-max Esthetics and crowns from Ivoclar Vivadent and Procera Nobel Esthetics from Nobel Biocare. We now have our own dental lab and can offer Cerec Porcelain crowns in an hour. These Porcelain crowns are milled while you wait and are made using a 3D computer scan of your mouth, teeth, and smile. Beautiful natural crowns.