Dental Crown Types

Dental crowns are made in different varieties. Your oral health demands and personal preferences will determine which type is best for you.

• Crowns Made Of Metal Dental crowns are made by dental technicians using a variety of metals, such as nickel, chromium, palladium, and gold. Metal crowns are the most durable, hardly chip or break, and only need only a little enamel removal. They are also durable to chewing and biting impacts. The primary disadvantage of this kind of crown is its metal tone. Metal crowns are a wonderful option for molars that are not visible.


• Crowns Made Of Porcelain Fused To Metal (PFM) Crowns made of porcelain fused to metal (PFM) combine the natural looks of porcelain with the strength of metal. These crowns can be customised by dentists to the shade of your teeth. PFM crowns are strong, yet they have several disadvantages. In some cases, with time, the porcelain coating can peel off and reveal the metal underlying. Furthermore, the enamel on your opposing teeth the teeth that come into contact with your crown when you close your mouth may gradually weaken if you have PFM crowns. PFM crowns have almost the same lifetime as metal crowns. Both front and back teeth can be replaced by them.


• Crowns Made Of Pressed Ceramic: There is a solid inner core to a pressed ceramic crown. Similar to a PFM, but with a ceramic core rather than a metal one. An expert melts and pushes ceramic at a very high temperature in an oven to create this inner core. Then, several porcelain layers are added. Pressed ceramic crowns replicate the translucent nature of real tooth enamel, much like all-porcelain crowns do. The disadvantages of PFM crowns and pressed ceramic crowns are the same. With time, the ceramic layers may begin to chip away. Pressed ceramic crowns are used by dentists for both front and back teeth.


• Ceramic Crowns Or Porcelain Crowns : More than any other form of crown, all ceramic or porcelain crowns match the appearance of tooth enamel. Also, they're a wise pick if you're allergic to metals. Ceramic crowns are made by lab technicians using a variety of materials, although zirconium dioxide is one of the most widely used. Zirconia crowns are stronger than other ceramic crown varieties, overcoming stresses up to two times as great. They also cause less enamel loss on your opposing teeth because they are mild on them.


• Dental Crowns Placed The Same Day : Crowns are often created in-office by dentists using CAD/CAM (computer-aided design and manufacturing) technology while you wait. Your dentist can create a customised crown by using this software to create digital dental imprints of your teeth. Your dentist will send the picture files to an on-site milling machine after designing your crown. Your new crown will be crafted by the machine from a single, solid ceramic block.


• Crowns Made Purely Of Resin : Resin-based dental crowns are usually less expensive than other kinds of crowns. However, in contrast to porcelain-fused-to-metal (PFM) crowns, they are soft and more likely to break. For making temporary crowns, dentists often use resin. On normal, they last between three and five years