Where is the Advantage of All-Ceramic Crowns Compared to Porcelain Teeth?
Time：2025-05-09
When it comes to tooth defect problems, most people will choose to go to the hospital for dental restoration. However, facing various restoration methods, many people are confused and don't know what choice to make for a while.There are two common products for tooth defect restoration, one is porcelain teeth, and the other is called all-ceramic crowns.
The emergence of porcelain teeth has promoted the development process of dental restoration technology. It has completely improved the inconvenience caused by the previous traditional dentures. It is both beautiful and very comfortable. According to different materials, porcelain teeth are also divided into many types.
What are porcelain teeth?
Porcelain teeth, namely porcelain-fused-to-metal full crowns. Simply put, when dentists perform tooth restoration, they use special materials to make a porcelain tooth that is exactly the same as the original natural tooth, and then install it at the position of the tooth defect through surgery.
All-ceramic crowns are similar to porcelain teeth, but the difference is that all-ceramic crowns make an inner crown on the tooth root, and the selected material is a special high-tech material, which requires special machine manufacturing during production. During installation, it consists of a layer of all-ceramic transparent supporting framework, and the crown is made of a layer of porcelain powder similar in color to the natural tooth, and finally adhered to the tooth. All-ceramic crowns are generally used in restorations such as anterior single crowns, inlays, and onlays. Of course, with the advancement of material technology, all-ceramic crowns are now also used in posterior teeth quite often. Due to the different materials and installation methods of porcelain teeth and all-ceramic crowns, their prices also differ.
People who have undergone tooth restoration have all had such distress. Why is there such a big price difference between installing porcelain teeth and all-ceramic crowns when they are both tooth restoration methods?
In fact, there is a reason for the high price. In addition to the different materials and installation methods for manufacturing porcelain teeth and all-ceramic crowns, it is also because these two tooth restoration methods will bring different "usage experiences" to patients.
1、Material: All-ceramic crowns are more resilient
The materials of porcelain teeth and all-ceramic crowns are different. Since all-ceramic crowns are made of a new type of material, their hardness is slightly harder than enamel, but compared to porcelain teeth, they are softer and very resilient.
2、Appearance: All-ceramic crowns are like real teeth
In terms of color, the material of all-ceramic crowns is more comparable to natural teeth, with a light white color and can be used for a long time. However, porcelain teeth contain metal substances in the material, which can affect the color and refractive index of the restoration. They often appear somewhat falsely pale, and after long-term use, they will oxidize and change color in the mouth, and there will also be an embarrassing phenomenon of black lines at the gum line, which is very unaesthetic.
3、Biocompatibility: All-ceramic crowns do not undergo corrosion
Porcelain teeth contain metal materials and are not suitable for all patients. Some patients may have allergic reactions after wearing them, and the metal base crown of porcelain teeth will corrode when encountering acidic and alkaline substances in the mouth. However, all-ceramic crowns are all-ceramic, so there will be no allergic reactions, and they have better biocompatibility. There will be no corrosion phenomenon like the former and can better protect the health of the gums.
4、In terms of the combination of the inner and outer crowns, all-ceramic crowns fit better
Metal porcelain teeth are in the form of a metal base crown plus porcelain, and the phenomenon of separation between the two often occurs. However, all-ceramic crowns completely overcome this phenomenon. Since the inner and outer crowns of all-ceramic crowns are of the same material and there is no interference from metals, this separation phenomenon will not occur and will fit better after installation.
The composition of porcelain teeth
Through the above comparisons, do those who are preparing for dental restoration have a choice in mind? In fact, although all-ceramic crowns are more expensive, their advantages are much more than those of porcelain teeth.
However, due to the different specific conditions of each person's teeth, when choosing which one to use for dental restoration, it is still necessary to follow the doctor's advice before making a choice.
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