I change my old metal crown with a emax, since them i have problems with odor and flavor as each time I pressed or bite a liquid and tastes came and smells awful, these crowns I put in July 2012 and I almost every month a see this dentist because, my gum are healthy. My dentist decided to remove all and when they took the moldings came out one and smelled awful. Because this tooth She would't take the others .She want to see if that is causing the smell and taste, but i still have the same problem
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The short answer is when there is inadequate tooth structue to retain a filling and withstand the forces it receives from chewing, clenching, grinding, etc. That judgement will vary between different dentists but if your tooth is chipping and has a large filling already sounds like a crown...
Hands down, Emax will look better than Zirconia. Emax is a porcelain, Zirconia is actually a white metal covered over with porcelain. Because the white metal on Zirconia crowns does not allow light to pass through it as naturally as the all ceramic Emax, Zirconia crowns often look...
You can reduce the tissue and bone around your broken tooth called crown lengthening or orthodontically extrude the tooth in both cases you are giving the dentist additional tooth structure to cement or bond a crown on the remaining toooth structure. good luck
Kevin...
