Porcelain Crowns Dentistry

Ceramics - Restorative and Reconstructive Care

Dental crowns are a popular and frequently used method for restoring a tooth or completely replacing it in combination with a dental bridge.

For individual applications, crowns are routinely used to improve a tooth that perhaps has deficient tooth structure due to excessive decay, trauma, cracks or to build up undersized teeth. These natural looking restorations are also used in implant dentistry to place over the new "root" (titanium post), giving our patients a lifelike feel and biting strength.   LEARN more about Dental Implants.

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These porcelain restorations are also the product of choice for creating bridgework that serves to replace missing tooth structures in a short span (3 unit bridge) or long span (7 to 10 units).

A Crown is a Crown

Not so..... A well tenured cosmetic or reconstructive dentist typically uses "crown technology" for developing a treatment plan but may have these components created with different properties depending upon the placement of the crown and the properties of other existing tooth structures... especially opposing teeth.

Posterior teeth (rear teeth, molars), for example, endure extreme forces when we chew and grind our food. Anterior teeth (front) are not used in the same fashion. Restoration products for these 2 different areas of the jaw necessarily then, should have different properties.

Porcelain properties of crowns differ, as well as any special porcelain to metal fusing scheme. Some crowns are bonded to nickel... others may be bonded to gold. In certain applications, the crown may be 100% porcelain.

Again.... a well tenured dentist can be expected to have the skills and especially knowledge required for knowing which component properties are best suited for different types of applications. Crown product failures usually occur when the wrong type of crown is used in a particular location.

In our office, patients are provided a choice of treatment plans that will create any degree of cosmetic or dental function need of our patients. Depending upon the interests of the patient, products from resources including Da Vinci, Nobel Biocare and Ivoclar/Vivadent (IPS Empress) may be offered.

Post graduate training coupled with vast and varied amounts of experience in complex dentistry are major determinants for assuring the best advantages currently available in the use of porcelain crown components.

Dr. Briglia, through his years of experience in complex and challenging dentistry has developed the technical resources that delivers the confidence our patients demand for their dental treatments.... whether routine or complex.