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When teeth are badly decayed or heavily filled,
a crown may be required to restore lost tooth
tissue or protect what remains. Root-filled
teeth are weakened due to the root filling
and over time become more brittle. They will
often require crowning to protect the tooth
from fracturing. There are many types of crown
and many different qualities of metal and
porcelain.
1. Porcelain Bonded to Metal
The substructure of these crowns is of
a dark precious metal with porcelain bonded
to the metal. This type of crown is used where
the crowns are subject to heavy biting forces
and porcelain by itself would not be stong
enough. Their downside though is that they
do tend to show as they are not the best aesthetically;
a dark line around the gum line which aesthetically
is not the the best thing. They also do not
relect the light as well as All Porcelain
Crowns, and can appear yellow and flase.
2. Gold Crowns
Gold crowns are not as popular as they once
were due to the aesthetics, although some
people love them and even want them on their
front teeth.
3. All Ceramic Crowns
These have fantastic properties. They reflect
light in such a way that they do not appear
as "false teeth" but look real and
alive. They contain no dark metal so there
is no chance of a dark line appearing around
the neck of the crown.
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