Full ceramic crown or metal free crown seems to be the most modern fixed dental restoration work in aesthetic dentistry.
Beauty
With all-porcelain crowns, light travels through them just like a tooth. This gives them a very natural appearance as opposed to the traditional Porcelain crown fuse to metal frame that have a metal substructure that blocks light and creates a dark band of tooth below. All-porcelain crowns will never change color, offering a lifelike appearance for decades to come.
Better fit
Thanks to the digital process with direct scanning of your tooth, design of your crown with software and production with CAD/CAM machine the fit of your All Porcelain crown will be much more precise than previous Porcelain crown with Metal Frame. No need anymore to produce wax , metal casting and all process that was causing dimensional variation and not precise fit of the crown
A better fit of your all porcelain crown will give you:
● less risk of leakage and new cavity starting under the crown
● less risk of gum recession
Functional Benefits
With all Porcelain crown we do a crown preparation that generally conserves 20 to 25 percent of the tooth over traditional crown prep. This is especially important on premolar teeth and teeth that have had root canals. All porcelain crown produce with CAD/CAM machine can be thinner than Porcelain crown with metal frame.
Preservation of tooth structure is the name of the game in dentistry today. We know that most of our patients are routinely living into their 80s/90s and later and they want their teeth to last as long as they do.
Better Biocompatibility
All-porcelain crowns are much less abrasive than Porcelain crown with metal frame. Therefore, they will not compromise the strength or function of your healthy teeth that are in contact with your crown or bridge during biting.
Easy Maintenance
All-ceramic crowns, unlike crowns with metal, can be x-rayed. This allows us to keep a close eye on any issues that may pop up over the years. Also, most of the margins of all-ceramic crowns are kept at or above the gum line which allows you for easy hygiene maintenance and easy checking at your routine hygiene appointments.