What Are Zirconium Crowns and Bridges?
Zirconium crowns are the biggest saving weapon in aesthetic dentistry. It's a highly aesthetic, healthy, and durable material that's sometimes used in the restoration of very decayed single teeth, and sometimes in the restoration of one or more missing teeth with a bridge. It's so aesthetic that it's very difficult to distinguish zirconium teeth made by an experienced team and with care from teeth.
It has many advantages over conventional metal-supported porcelain crowns-bridges.
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Due to its high light transmittance, it has an aesthetic very close to natural multi-teeth.
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It's biocompatible, in other words, tissue friendly. It doesn't cause the gum recession caused by metal crowns, and even harmonizes with the gums over time, just like natural teeth.
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The purple-gray coloration of the gums caused by metal-porcelain crowns doesn't occur in zirconium. It's the perfect material for pink-white aesthetics.
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It requires much less abrasion than natural teeth.
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It isn't stained by factors like tea, coffee, and cigarettes, and is easy to clean and maintain. It always maintains its white color.
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Since it's prepared with computer-aided cad-cam systems, the margin of error is very low, that's, it bonds extremely well to the tooth to which it will be bonded.
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Preparation time is fast. Again, since it's made with cad-cam systems, it's prepared in the fastest time.
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Durable, unbreakable with chewing pressures, and long-lasting.
In Which Cases Are Zirconium Crowns-Bridges Used?
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Long-lasting restoration of heavily decayed, root-treated teeth.
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As a bridge in the completion of missing teeth.
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Restoration of broken teeth.
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Restoration of darkened or discolored teeth.
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Aesthetic restorations on implants provided that they're limited to one or a few teeth.
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It's also applied to people who want whiter and healthier teeth as the Hollywood smile application.
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But there's an important point here; If the person's teeth don't have major decay or aren't excessively crowded, we recommend Laminate veneers more than zirconium crowns. Because the abrasion from natural teeth is less for laminate veneers.
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Between the two methods, your doctor will determine and recommend which one should be applied to the person in the best way through examination and examinations.
