What are crowns made of?
Crown Materials and Options While crowns can be made from various materials (e.g., gold, titanium, nickel-free metal), zirconia crowns have become most popular due to high aesthetic demands, as their texture, color, shape, and translucency can be customized. Zirconia repels bacteria and allows healthy gum growth. However, in certain cases, such as alongside existing porcelain veneers, we recommend porcelain crowns. Porcelain is more fragile and may not mask dentin color as well, potentially resulting in darker appearance.
What is the advantage of crown?
Advantages and Care A well-designed and executed crown is strong, resistant, and feels and looks natural. It can match neighboring teeth in color and shape. With proper care, crowns can last decades.
How to care for a crown?
Using fluoride toothpaste twice a day and flossing are necessary to protect your teeth and gums. Reducing your intake of sugary and acidic foods/beverages not only reduces the risk of tooth decay, but also reduces the risk of crown decay. Regular dental check-ups and scaling can help extend the life of your crown.
What else can crowns be made of?
There are also ceramic, resin, acrylic, gold, gold-ceramic, metal-ceramic, zirconium-ceramic crowns. All materials are available in our practice, but for the highest quality, we generally recommend crowns made of zirconium. Zirconium crowns are made of a block of extremely resistant material, which combines excellent strength, high resistance, durability and, at the same time, provides an exact copy of natural teeth. Since it is a dental crown carved from a block, every step is done digitally, with computer control. This allows us to create crowns with perfect precision and fit.
In our clinic, nickel-free crowns made of metal ceramics can also be chosen, as this is a cost-effective and well-proven type. However, its physical properties cannot be fully compared to natural teeth, as the gums do not adhere to it, which can cause aesthetic problems. In the case of metal ceramics, the chemical bond is not created as in the case of zirconia or porcelain crowns, i.e. the crown does not join the tooth at a microscopic level. For this reason, its resistance is not the same as that of zirconia or porcelain tooth crowns.