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Recent Developments in ‘Teeth Crowns’

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A dental crown, teeth crown or a tooth “cap” is a dental covering for the tooth to restore its shape, size, strength, and enhance its appearance. It is recommended in certain cases of root canal to prevent teeth from fracturing.

Perk Up your Beauty with Teeth Crowns
Perk Up your Beauty with Teeth Crowns | Image: lifehacker

Types of Teeth Crowns

Depending upon the construction material, crowns are available in following types

Porcelain-fused-to-metal (PFM)

  1. Stainless Steel
  2. All Metal.
  3. Porcelain-Fused-To-Metal(PFM)
  4. All Resin
  5. All Ceramic Or All-Porcelain Crown

Recent Trends in Crown Development

Zirconia or milled crowns are digitally constructed using CAD/CAM technologies. They are more robust and are at least 5 times stronger than porcelain crowns. Some of its features include extremely tough, withstands wear and tear, translucent, less tooth removal, no metal fuse, etc.

Lava™ All-Ceramic System

Look And Feel like Beautiful Natural Teeth with Lava ™ All-Ceramic System

Lava™ All-Ceramic System from 3M™ ESPE™ is developed using ground-breaking digital technology and superior materials to produce high quality restorations. It uses speed and precision of CAD/CAM technology to create all-ceramic crown and bridge substructures with zirconia (an extremely strong, stable and fracture-resistant ceramic material).

Lava teeth crowns require removal of less tooth structure. Available in variety of colours, these crowns are thin, translucent and ensure a natural and vital appearance.

There are available in 3 ranges:

  1. Premium
  2. Classic
  3. Essential
  4. Full Contoured Zirconia

Features of Lava™ All-Ceramic System:

  1. High Translucency
  2. Elevated 1400 Mpa Strength and Outstanding fit
  3. Can be cemented
  4. Unique shading system available to create highly aesthetic restorations.
  5. Limited 5, 10 and 15 years limited warranty
  6. Excellent marginal fit
  7. Metal-and mercury-free
  8. Clinical studies have not shown any allergic reactions
  9. Years of clinical experience and millions of successful cases worldwide

When Is A Dental Crown Needed?

There are a variety of situations when there is a need to cover the tooth with a dental crown. The following are the most familiar:

  1. In case of large filling or when a tooth has a cavity or fractures.
  2. After Root canal treatment to prevent it from fracturing.
  3. Cracked tooth syndrome and Broken cusps
  4. Excessive wear of teeth resulting from grinding teeth.
  5. Undesirable appearance of teeth due to color, shape or spaces between them can be fixed with crowns. Crowns can enhance appearance of teeth
  6. Crowns are placed on dental implants and dental bridges.

We at Om Dental are professionals in Cosmetic dentistry and Implants. Contact us to know more.

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