All-Ceramic Restorations

An all-ceramic restoration is a natural-looking method for restoring the health and

beauty of a damaged or severely decayed tooth.

What Is an All-Ceramic Restoration?

An all-ceramic restoration is a crown made of dental ceramic. It’s a
biocompatible, aesthetic, and sturdy option for restoring a damaged or decayed
tooth. Dental crowns repair broken, decayed, or otherwise flawed teeth. Some of
the most common applications of the dental crown include…
 Restoring the shape of a chipped or broken tooth
 Strengthening a weak or worn tooth
 Restoring a tooth after significant decay
 Holding together pieces of a broken tooth
 Replacing one or more missing teeth
 Making cosmetic improvements to severely flawed teeth
 As the final step in a root canal

Benefits of All-Ceramic
There are significant benefits of choosing all-ceramic for your dental restoration.
Some of the marked advantages of a ceramic crown include…
 All-ceramic is a biocompatible material.
 The all-ceramic crown offers superior aesthetics.
 Ceramic is a hard material that is more resistant to wear.
 Oral fluids are less likely to degrade an all-ceramic crown.
 Ceramic is less sensitive to heat and cold.

All-Ceramic Crowns
All-ceramic crowns, before & after restoration
All-Ceramic crowns are cosmetic dental restorations used to cap or completely cover
a tooth being restored.
All-Ceramic crowns are translucent and are the most naturally looking tooth
replacement. Only All-Ceramic crowns have such translucency. The All-Ceramic
crown can be the best choice for restoring a front tooth that is cracked or broken, or a
tooth that is badly damaged and cannot be corrected with a veneer.
All-Ceramic crowns offer natural looking dental restorations that are color matched to
the surrounding teeth. Cosmetic bonding and dental veneering are procedures
sometimes used with All-Ceramic crowns to provide an unblemished natural look to a
smile. These procedures can be used to restore both the strength and beauty of
adjacent less damaged teeth that do not require All-Ceramic crowns.

Disadvantages of All-Ceramic crowns

All-Ceramic Crowns require bonding to the existing tooth, and a dentist with
expertise in this procedure. All-Ceramic crowns are not as strong as porcelain fused to
a metal crowns or gold dental crowns

All-Ceramic crowns generally last about fifteen years. With good oral hygiene most
crowns last longer. All-Ceramic crown restorations are totally made of ceramic glass,
have no metal, and are sometimes strengthened with a translucent material such as
zirconium.
Dental crowns can be damaged by habits such as fingernail biting, chewing ice, and
teeth grinding.