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Ceramic Dental Crown Look the Most Natural?

asked 3 years ago by anon
Latest answer by Lawrence Singer, DMD
Question viewed 2,761 times
Tags: ceramic, natural

My dentist suggested ceramic and I have a bit of time to decide.

16 answers to Ceramic Dental Crown Look the Most Natural?

There are many types of Ceramic Crowns

There are many types of Ceramic Crowns depending on if you have gold under them or not. All porcelain ceramic crowns make the most beautiful restorations and they are my favorite for the front teeth. Then came along lots of other types of other ceramic crowns-I have tried them all-procera, zirconium, lithium disilicate crowns and emax. Currently we use all porcelain or e-max type crowns. Some offices offer one sitting cerec crowns as well... more

Wendy S. Spektor, DDS
Bellevue Cosmetic Dentist

Ceramic crowns can be placed ANYWHERE in the mouth!

All-ceramic crowns (or "porcelain" crowns) will provide you with the most natural-looking esthetics, but one should know that there are several types of porcelain available to clinicians today, each type having advantages and/or disadvantages. The following must be considered prior to the placement of a generic "ceramic" crown: Where will the crown be placed (in front of the mouth or in the back)? Will the ceramic crown be adhered or cemented onto... more

Michael Gulizio, DMD, MS
Manhattan Cosmetic Dentist

Crowns that mimic nature.

Crowns in the esthetic zone can be designed and constructed to look entirely natural. All porcelain crowns can be designed to fit one's face with proper length:width proportions, natural imperfections in position, and characterizations of color. The portion next to the gum can be made semi translucent (called Contact Lens Effect) to make the edge of the crown blend in with the natural tooth.

Mickey Bernstein, DDS
Memphis Cosmetic Dentist

Ceramic crowns are good...

Ceramic crowns will aesthically give you natural-looking teeth, but depending on where you need the crowns, there are different types of porcelain available on the market. Ceramic crowns are strong and can be placed anywhere in the mouth. If you need a crown for the anterior of your mouth though, go with an emax crown; they look more natural than porcelain crowns and are stronger.

Lawrence Singer, DMD
Washington Cosmetic Dentist

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Ceramic Crowns Combine Strength and Aesthetics

All ceramic crowns give patients and dentists the best of both worlds. They are STRONG and AESTHETIC! The newer porcelain/ceramic crowns are much superior than crowns of even 4-5 years ago. At this time the material of choice by most cosmetic dentists and laboratories is called E-max. This material can now be used confidently even on your back teeth (molars). The advantage to these crowns is that we can bond this material to your tooth, giving us a much tighter... more

Scott Young, DDS
Houston Cosmetic Dentist

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All ceramic crowns look the most natural.

Yes! All ceramic crowns look the most natural in almost every case. Best, Dr. Alper

Steve Alper, DMD
New York Cosmetic Dentist

Decisions on dental treatment

Your dentist should decide what's the best material to be used in your case then infom you why he or she thinks what he thinks in a way that is clear to you Yes porcelains indeed these days exhibit the most esthetics results

Laura Torrado, DDS
New York Cosmetic Dentist

Emax for better esthetcs

Hello , The most life like appearance comes from E.Max crowns and these are more stronger than the all ceramic crowns and have higher fracture resistance. Expense wise they are comparable to all ceramic crowns. Physical properties are better than the all ceramic crowns. You should ask your dentist about these crowns. Good Luck!!

Dalvir Pannu, DDS
San Jose Cosmetic Dentist

Ceramic crowns look the most natural...

Hello, All of the he ceramic crowns look the most natural especially when it comes to the front teeth. However I would not recommend full ceramic crowns on the back teeth. They are not as resistant that the ones that have metal. Thanks, Dr. Barba

Antoaneta Barba, DDS
Santa Ana Cosmetic Dentist

Choose an emax crown.

If you are treating a tooth in the anterior of your mouth, I would choose an emax crown for the restoration. It is a material that looks very natural, and is stronger than traditional porcelain. It looks very natural because it has a lot of translucency, and no metal coping under the material.

Kimberly Johnson Genc, DDS
Newport Beach Cosmetic Dentist

EMax material for crowns

There is a fairly new material called eMax that is made from a new material that is three and a half times stronger that traditional porcelain. I have done over a thousand of theses so far and have had very little breakage, the usual cause of failure of porcelain crowns if they do break. I would ask for this material by name. It is beautifully natural as well.

Tom Hedge, DDS
Cincinnati Cosmetic Dentist

EitherPorcelain or Zirconia will work

The most beautiful crown for a tooth, without question, is porcelain or all ceramic. Zirconia crowns, if done right, can be translucent enough to look natural and if they are bonded to the teeth, instead of being cemented with conventiional dental cement, they won"t show a black line at the gumline. Also Zirconia is much stronger and can be successfully used, when the patient is worried about how long the all porcelain crown will last.

Robert Fields, DDS
Los Angeles Cosmetic Dentist

Ceramic is always the best

Ceramic material especially empress is always the best. Depending on the occlusion and cosmetics will allow the dentist to select pure empress the most translucent to Emax which has an opaque core to fully contoured Emax which is the strongest and most dense and opaque. see video

Benjamin S. Fiss, DDS
Chicago Cosmetic Dentist

Ceramic does look most natural

I agree with your dentist, the material that looks the most like natural tooth is ceramic. In some cases, where the color is very important, we go one step further. We do custom shading for the new crown(s) to the match the color of the teeth. This makes it look very natural. Hope this helps.

Michael Ayzin, DDS
Costa Mesa Cosmetic Dentist

The options are ceramic over metal or only ceramic

If the tooth to be covered is in the anterior, esthetic zone, all ceramic is best. The labwork is certainly more delicate but the outcome should be beautiful. For a posterior area, one may consider porcelain over metal as forces of occlusion ar e far greater (bite, chewing).

Anca Bazile, DDS
New York Cosmetic Dentist

All ceramic crowns look the most natural

A talented lab can make almost any material look fantastic, but all porcelain crowns are most consistent. There are many brands to choose from, but a skilled dentist/lab team can make them look very natural.

Lance Timmerman, DMD
Seattle Cosmetic Dentist

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