The Best Crown For Your Teeth

Metal Free Crowns

These crowns are also referred to as all-ceramic crowns and are considered to be a good option for almost all situations.

These crowns do not have any metal inside them and are made completely of porcelain. Their fabrication is usually done using CAD-CAM machines that cut the crown from a single block of material using lasers.

This method means that there are no joints or layers to the crown and so no potential weak spots in the crown. It is also possible to make these crowns extremely lifelike, much more so than is possible with porcelain fused to metal crowns.

Our natural teeth have a layer of translucency to them which is impossible to replicate in the older kind of crowns. The most aesthetic kind of crowns used in the front of the mouth are able to replicate this and can be extremely hard to distinguish from their natural counterparts.

There was a trend initially to use these crowns only in the front region of the mouth, but now material advances have shown that metal free crowns are stronger than traditional crowns and should be used in the back of the mouth as well, where the biting pressure is much higher.

These crowns are the most expensive of the three and even come with manufacturer warranties for a long amount of time, so in case the crown breaks, it will be replaced free of cost. These crowns also require the largest amount of space in the mouth.

So Are Metal Free Crowns The Best In All Situations?

While it may seem that the metal-free crowns are the best in all situations (and they quite often are), it is not necessary for patients to have to get this kind of crowns always. The doctor will make an assessment of the kind of occlusion that the patient presents with.

If the space available is less than optimum then it is not wise to think of metal-free options. Also, for people that are struggling to put sufficient biting forces due to old age or other factors, metal free crowns are overkill. It is like putting racing fuel in a Honda Civic.

The metallic crowns are often derided because of the fact that they are not aesthetic, but for purely functional purposes, they perform their duty of protecting the tooth underneath quite well.

Conclusion

Dentistry has advanced an immeasurable amount over the last few decades, and a lot of that progress is down to advanced made in material sciences. Doctors nor have at their disposal better options than ever before.

With respect to crowns, the method of fabricating metal-free crowns, their unibody construction, and their excellent esthetics means that you are not going to go wrong with this option. If your doctor offers it to you and you can afford it, then go for it.

Also, remember the fact that just because something excellent is available in the market, everything else does not become bad. This holds true for crowns where whatever type you go for, you will end up protecting your teeth .