Zirconium Crowns
Zirconium is a hard, white, ceramic material. Unlike old-style metal-fused porcelain crowns, its infrastructure is zirconia. At the same time, it has light permeability, unlike the metal infrastructure used for a long time, which is the infrastructure of porcelain. We manufacture your high-quality zirconium crowns in our clinic with great pleasure. Zirconium crowns are designed in CAD/CAM (COMPUTER ASSISTED PRODUCTION) systems and produced by scraping with special tools.
It matches with tooth color.
It is a complete natural-looking restoration.
It could chew and bite like a natural tooth.
It is durable.
Zirconium can be layered with porcelain to make it look more like a tooth.
It does not cause any allergic reactions and is compatible with the body.
While a tooth is prepared for a zirconium crown, its anatomical size is slightly decreased and its length shortened. Thus, a space is left for the crown that will come upon it. For zirconium crown procedures performed in our clinic, it will be enough to spend only 5 days in 2 or 3 sessions.
In which cases is a zirconium crown recommended?
To strengthen severely damaged teeth or weakened teeth affected by caries
To cover up the color of a discolored tooth
To cover up for a broken or cracked tooth
To get teeth in your cavities
If you have a dental implant, for the tooth to be placed on it
Your zirconium crown journey
Local anesthesia is applied so that you do not feel any pain during the procedure.
- The tooth is carefully shaped to allow for the zirconium crown to fit the tooth.
- Measure is taken from your prepared teeth with a digital measuring instrument.
- After the measurement is taken, your temporary veneers are adhered to your teeth with temporary adhesive.
- Color and shape selection is made for your zirconium teeth.
- Your crown is processed on your prepared tooth in the laboratory (dental lab), at the same time its relationship with neighboring teeth and teeth in the opposing jaw is regulated.
- Your zirconium crown is attached to your tooth.
- We should thank digital technology that all these processes do not take weeks as in the past you may have your zirconium teeth with easy procedures that only take hours.
Zirconium Crowns FAQ
Zirconium crowns are the perfect solution for patients with discolored, broken, cracked teeth and patients with missing teeth.
2 or 3 visits are usually required. Thanks to the CAD/CAM systems, we could build up your zirconium crowns within hours. but you have to visit the ProDental Hospital 2 or 3 times with the rehearsal sessions of your teeth in the mouth.
Thanks to the digital Technologies, this period will be up to 5 days.
The shade selection for a zirconium crown or bridge is performed after the preparation of the tooth. It includes different shades varying from imitation of a bleached tooth to severely discolored tooth. We use the universal color guide in our clinic. When you have zirconium crowns made for almost all of your teeth and all of your front teeth, we can determine the color you want by consultation. However, we take care to find the closest color to your original tooth color in zirconium crowns containing one or more teeth so that you have natural-looking zirconium crowns.
It is possible to place zirconium crowns over dental implants. It is more aesthetic than porcelain fused to metal crowns (metal-fused porcelain). You can learn the details about dental implants in our website.
If your zirconium crowns are made in a regular way, and your daily hygiene routine is complete, your teeth under the crown will not rot. If your oral hygiene is not good, through an opening in your crown..
If your zirconium crowns are built the right way, and your oral hygiene is good, they will not cause a bad smell. Multiple underlying etiologies cause the bad smell. If you have a bad smell despite good oral hygiene, we recommend you to examine by our Specialists in the clinic.
The type of material the crown or bridge is made of is also important, and at ProDental Hospital, we use the latest materials formulated to last. On average, your crown or bridge will last for a minimum of seven to ten years. If you do maintain a good level of dental care, you can extend the life of your crown or bridge to fifteen years or more.
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