All my teeth are capped except 6 front uppers and 6 front lowers. The crowns behind these front teeth are slightly yellow with age. Will this Zoom! process have any effect on the crowns?
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April 10, 2011
Answer: Zoom and all bleaching systems do not affect crowns or restorations
When a dentist matches the color of a tooth, a shade guide is used. This is usually a starting point. Each manufacturer of porcelain has a shade guide that they match to. You should ask your dentist for the bleach guide for that porcelain type. The bleach guide is usually a...
Cela, thank you for your question. As long as implant integrated with the bone, and it sounds like it did, it is absolutely possible to place crown on the implant now. A part called an abutment will be needed though. That part will connect actual implant, which is deep in the bone, to the ...
Porcelain is a very color stable material. If it was polished properly after contouring, the crowns should not gather any stain, and less plaque than enamel. Even smoking seems not to affect staining around porcelain, although I have seen a little bit that comes off with polishing. I...
