Wondering Which Dental Crown Is the Best Option for You?

Which Is Your Best Dental Crown or Cap? Then they give these multiple crowns to dentists to do with you with no idea which crowns are right for you. We at Creative Smiles have got you covered. Let’s make it simple for you. A crown can be evaluated or categorized according to 5 fundamental metrics.

• Strength.
• Durability — how long the material is going to survive.
• Aesthetics — Does it match the shade of your other teeth?
• Conservative – How much of the tooth is needed to be prepared or shaped to fit the crown?
• Bio compatibility – How well the material is accepted by the neighbouring.

Let us dive right into materials we find most of the time for dental crowns:

• Full metal.
• Porcelain fuse to metal – PFM.
• Zirconia.
• Bruxzir.

Full Metal Crown:

• Strength is great which is positive.
• Good durability, which is the plus.
• Aesthetics is poor which is unfavorable as it can have a metallic color.
• Very conservative as very few teeth need to be shaped to fit this crown.
• Least bio compatible than other crowns which is another disadvantage.

PFM Crowns: Porcelain Fused to Metal.

•Good strength, a good thing.
• Durability is average as the chances of the ceramic to wear off after a while or if occlusal forces are very high.
• The aesthetics are average because the metal is covered with ceramic and there are chances that a thin rim of metal might be visible near the gum portion of the tooth.
• More tooth structure is to be prepared in case of these crowns as these are made of two materials mainly being ceramic and metal and both need a certain thickness of material to be durable.
• There is a layer of metal, again makes them less bio compatible material than ceramic crowns.

Zirconia:

•The strength is nearly equivalent in kind with that of metal.
• The aesthetics are really good. Gone are the days when zirconia was considered a white metal and not an aesthetic material. Now zirconia is seen in various translucencies so that it conforms to the natural teeth colour.
• Requires very little tooth reduction.
• Highly durable material.
• No metal involved and is thus much bio compatible in relation to any metal based crowns. Your gums will love them!

Bruxzir:

• A higher quality zirconia also available in the market.
• These are high compressive blocks.
• They are manufactured for the highest level of strength.
• Beautiful aesthetics.
• High biocompatibility.

They are made in the USA by a business called GLIDEWELL who have also studied it and found it to be among the strongest crowns in the market.

 

We at creative smiles do provide all types of crowns and also provide you personalized suggestions according to your requirements.