A Crown is a strong cover that entirely lies over the top of a tooth, restoring broken down teeth to their ideal anatomical shape and colour, while protecting the remaining tooth structure underneath. Crowns are indicated to strengthen broken down teeth and prevent teeth from breaking; crowns are now used in many different circumstances for many different reasons.
Traditionally Dental Crowns or Caps have been known for their poor ability to mimic the colour and appearance of a natural tooth. With recent advances in the way Crowns are constructed at Smile Artistry™ we are choosing to use Zirconia-Porcelain Crowns because of their superior cosmetic appearance than traditional Porcelain-Fused-To-Metal Crowns.
The milling of the inside of a Zirconia Crown is performed by a CAD-CAM Computer system in our own onsite World Class Laboratory. This provides our Technicians with high strength inside of the crown whilst maintaining extremely high aesthetic properties and an optimal fit, even better than traditional Porcelain-Fused-To-Metal Crowns. Zirconia is a white material, where metal is a grey material, thus zirconia is an ideal tooth colour substitute. This distinct cosmetic benefit also arises because light can transmit through the coping in a way that perfectly mimics a natural tooth.
A layered Porcelain is layered over the computer milled coping, in a way that personalises the colour and texture to match adjacent teeth.
Zirconia and Porcelain technology means that Smile Artistry™ can provide a unique combination of both strength and beauty, that is not widely utilised in the Dental Profession as yet.
This image courtesy of Cerec Inlab shows the computer milling process.
