An accomplished dentist, Dr. Julia Faigel is the owner and clinical director of Dr. Dental in Boston. Dr. Julia Faigel leverages her extensive experience as a dentist to offer dental crowns and other restorative procedures.
Structured as a sheath that fits over a tooth, a dental crown provides reinforcement in the case of damage or weakness. Most crowns are pre-fabricated in a laboratory that uses a mold of the patient's mouth to ensure that the crown fits properly.
Dental laboratories use different materials to create crowns. Some are composed entirely of ceramic material that matches the color of the patient’s natural teeth better than the alternatives. For this reason, ceramic crowns are often recommended for front teeth, although they are sometimes used to restore the back teeth.
Other crowns consist of porcelain fused to metal. The underlying metal layer in these crowns offers additional reinforcement against the pressure of chewing, while the ceramic layer blends with the surrounding teeth. It is possible for a bit of the underlying metal to show through as a darkened line at the base of the crown, and this type of crown causes some wear to the adjacent teeth.
All-metal crowns are strong and offer the longest wear of any type of crown. Comprised of base metal alloys, gold, or platinum, depending on a patient's preferences, they rarely break but do not offer the color matching of ceramic or ceramic-on-metal crowns. For this reason, they are most often used on back molars.
Had no idea there was such variety of crowns, my crown will be delivered soon. It is made of a gold alloy.
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