Teeth Crown / Tooth Crown / Dental Crown
Serving Fort Lauderdale, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, and Boca Raton, Florida
How Dental Crowns Are Made
You may think that every dental crown is created exactly like any other. However, all dental crowns are customized and fitted to each individual’s mouth. They can be made of several different materials. Fort Lauderdale Cosmetic Dentist, Dr. John Sarris has a metal-free policy at his cosmetic dentistry practice, so your dental crowns will made of all-porcelain.
Porcelain crowns need a lining for added strength. Dr. Sarris uses zirconia, which is a type of ceramic. Teeth crowns need to have good chewing strength and zirconia provides this strength. It also has the advantage that it will never show as a dark line along the gums, which is a downside of porcelain-fused to metal crowns. It is part of the reason why we run a metal-free dental practice.
Advantages of Dental Porcelain
Dental porcelain is a glass-like substance. By itself it is brittle but when bonded to a tooth it is hard and durable. One of its big advantages is that it is stain-resistant and will remain the same color as it is when Dr. Sarris bonds it to your tooth.
Dr. Sarris uses porcelain for dental crowns because it:
- Is very natural-looking, resembling tooth enamel in the way it reacts to light
- Can be given any shape necessary for your tooth
- Comes in many shades of white, with subtle variations of shade like tooth enamel
- Can be further customized in shade by Dr. Sarris or his dental technician
In the past, dental crowns have been made of:
- Wood
- Ivory
- Gold alloy
- Other metal alloys
- Dental plastic
Each of these materials has weaknesses. Gold alloy is still commonly used in other dental practices, but Dr. Sarris regards it as too unlike natural teeth in appearance and also possibly harmful to your health.
Metals, being inorganic, have no function in the body’s process and when they fill the mouth they may leak molecules into the saliva, which is swallowed. The body must then store them somewhere, perhaps in the joints, contributing to arthritis. Much research needs to be done on what happens to inorganic minerals in the body.
Dental Crown Procedure
Creating tooth crowns begins with preparing your teeth. All decay and damage is removed from the tooth and Dr. Sarris then makes a dental mold of it and takes digital photos.
Our LVI-trained lab technician will use this mold and other data Dr. Sarris provides to create your custom crown. The porcelain chosen will blend invisibly with your natural tooth color. While this is being done you will have a temporary crown.
When Dr. Sarris bonds the crown to your prepared teeth it provides new tooth surfaces on every side. He will have you bite down so he can make sure the crowned tooth is meeting its opposing tooth correctly and your bite is intact.
To learn more about tooth crowns / teeth crowns / dental crowns, please contact Dr. John Sarris for your complimentary consultation. People throughout Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, and Pompano Beach, Florida, are making us their resource for cosmetic dentistry and we hope to meet with you soon.
Contact Us
561.278.7450
John G. Sarris, D.M.D., P.A.
1911 S. Federal Highway, Suite 600
Delray Beach, Florida 33483
