Seeing that many people do not understand the difference between cast teeth and zirconia all ceramic teeth, Xiao Bian will find a lot of information. Now let's take a look at their advantages and disadvantages to help you make a better choice.
What is a cast porcelain tooth?
Cast porcelain teeth are all ceramic, which are new full crown restorations in recent years. They are made of malleable ceramics and superior to metal porcelain teeth in appearance and biological properties.
The advantages of cast porcelain teeth come
1. The inner crown of the cast porcelain tooth is a transparent framework, without a metal base layer, completely transparent, and has good light transmittance;
2. Glossy and beautiful;
3. The price is relatively cheap.
Small defects of cast porcelain teeth
1. Domestically made porcelain pieces, with high brightness and opaque color, are somewhat like toilet white;
2. Low flexibility, fragile material, not hard enough, easy to crack;
3. Cast porcelain teeth need to grind off more real teeth than porcelain crowns, and their strength is not as high as that of porcelain crowns. They can break porcelain, and are generally used for single crowns, inlays, veneers, cosmetic restorations, etc. of anterior teeth.
What is zirconia all ceramic crown?
Zirconia all ceramic teeth are medical zirconia made by computer aided design, laser scanning and computer program control grinding. After cleaning and addition, α penetration depth in zirconium is very small, only 60 microns.
Zirconia from Zekang, Germany, 3M LAVA from the United States, procera from Sweden, etc. At present, there are many zirconia all ceramic products in Cercon, and zirconia is relatively cheap.
Advantages of zirconia all ceramic teeth
1. High density and strength, strong wear resistance, strong crack resistance, and not easy to be damaged after use;
2. Natural and beautiful color, good light transmittance, natural color, similar to natural teeth;
3. Good biocompatibility, no irritation to gums, and no allergic reaction. There is no black line on the gingival margin, no pigmentation, no heavy feeling, no gingival redness and bleeding;
4. Non metallic zirconia all ceramic teeth do not block X-ray, and head X-ray is required in the future. CT、 There is no need to remove dentures during MRI examination;
5. Real teeth don't need too much.
Disadvantages of zirconia all ceramic crowns
1. The transparency and gloss of zirconia all ceramic teeth will be poor;
2. Zirconia is expensive.
These are the differences between cast teeth and zirconia all ceramic teeth. If you want to make teeth, you can choose them according to their advantages, disadvantages and acceptability.
