What is a crown (full coverage) and why is it used?

It’s a coating applied to a tooth to restore a damaged tooth. Its purpose is to beautify, strengthen and protect the tooth. The crown can be made in the following situations:

• To restore a large filling in the absence of adequate dental support
• To prevent weak teeth from breaking,
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• To cover broken, misshapen or discolored teeth.

Which is the Most Suitable Material for Crown Caps?

Both appearance and function are considered when choosing the most suitable material for you. Your dentist will decide about tooth placement, the position of the gum tissue, the number of teeth that appear when you smile, the coloration and functions of your teeth. Crowns can be fashioned from a variety of materials. These can be gold or less precious alloys, porcelain (ceramic), acrylic, composite or a combination of all these.

How to Place a Crown

The crowning process is carried out in several steps. Your dentist prepares your tooth as necessary, cleans any carious parts, and takes measures to acquire a complete model of the tooth. Your crown will take its final form according to the model obtained. Once the crown is completely ready, your dentist will set it in place after making the necessary adjustments. Once you and your dentist are satisfied with its appearance and location, the crown is placed in its permanent setting.

How to Care for Crowns?

You should brush your teeth twice a day and floss once a day. This cleaning process will remove plaque made up of bacteria. The most important point in this regard is to clean away the plaque in the area where your teeth and gums meet (sulcus). To avoid breaking or damaging the crowns, it is necessary to avoid chewing hard food and objects. Again, as in any case, a routine visit to your dentist will prolong the life of the crowns.

What Does a Completed Crown Look Like?
One of your dentist’s primary objectives is to make an artificial tooth look as similar as possible to a natural tooth. To achieve this, the color, shape, bite and dimensions of both your natural and artificial teeth are taken into account. Any of these factors can affect your appearance significantly. As a result of this process, you should consult your dentist during the first session as to what kind of appearance you expect.

Metal-Free Full Porcelain Crown Teeth
Porcelain crowns without metal support (metal-free) can be applied to people who have previously had their teeth cut. Crowns and bridges made by setting porcelain over zirconium are called CERCON, which is a combination of the words ‘Ceramic’ and ‘Zirconium.’ The system with a resistance of 900 Mpa has ushered in a brand-new era in dentistry by covering the highest physical values, as well as translucence, tissue compatibility and many various indications. Although many things affect the appearance of crowns, the most important aspect is their response to light. Natural teeth are translucent. Depth and vitality appear in the tooth as a result. Due to the translucence, the depth and vitality of metal-free porcelain crowns are greater, so results closest to natural teeth are obtained.

The Advantages of Full Porcelain Crowns
Metal-supported porcelains give a dark space appearance in the mouth as if they weren’t present in some light (disco, camera flash, etc.). Full porcelains, on the other hand, are translucent like natural teeth.

• While full porcelains create an aesthetic very similar to natural tooth structure since they are translucent, even if they’re crafted very well, there’s a dullness and artificiality in metal-porcelains. For this reason, full porcelains are preferred, especially for front teeth.
  Since there’s no metal in the infrastructure in metal supporters, there is no dark line at the crown-gum level and a more aesthetic appearance is provided.
  While metal-supported porcelain crown-bridge (caps) are affixed mechanically to the tooth, zirconium is attached to the tooth both mechanically and chemically. Therefore, their binding power is much higher than metal supports.
  There is no risk of allergy to some metals (nickel, etc.) used in the infrastructure of full porcelain.
  When the gums recede, full porcelain preserves their aesthetic appearance, while metal porcelains create a bad appearance in the area where they meet the tooth.